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British Skipper Describes Sensations
Experienced on Sub.
London, July 15.?Sensations experienced
in a German submarine
while depth bombs were being discharged
overhead were described recently
by a British merchant ship
captain who was a prisoner for 15
days aboard a u-boat.
In an interview the English commander,
captured by the Germans after
his vessel had been torpedoed, related
how the depth bombs shook the
undersea boat and created consternation
among the sailors. In one instance
the faces of the Germans became
white with fear and all stood
aftor th<a first shot. which
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was not near enough to destroy the
submersible. All were expecting a
second discharge.
The English commander reached
his native land after having been
imprisoned for months at Bradenburg,
where, he said, he and other
ship officers at times had been harnessed
to carts which were used to
haul mail and packages from the
postoffice to the prisoners' camp.
Seven vessels were torpedoed by
the Germans while the British captain
was aboard the u-boat. Previously
the English-officer had been
in command of a merchant vessel
which had also met its fate at the
hands of a submarine crew.
"On the third day after I had been
taken prisoner," said the captain,
"just after the midday meal, I gathered
that the submarine was about
to carry out an attack' on a convoy
which had just been sighted. The
u-boat approached submerged for
some, distance and torpedoed a large
steamer. Our,whereabouts apparently
were detected, I was told, by an
allied light cruiser, for we dived rapidly
to a great depth. *
"Hardly had the submarine reaciied
an even keel when we heard and
felt a tremendous explosion which
caused the u-boat to vibrate from
stem to stern. It was a depth charge
from the cruiser.
"The effect on the cruiser was evident.
All stood trembling with
faces blanched with fear, not attempting
to speak, expecting a second
charge, the result of which
might mean- the destruction of the
boat and without the slightest chance
for us to escape.
"There is no doubt in my mind of
the mental attitude of the crew, for it
was not the first experience of the
Jhen with a depth charge, and they
had learned from others in the service
what terrible weapons depth
bombs were in the hands of skillful
seamen.
"For some moments we waited;
engines were stopped and all means
were taken to prevent giving indication
of our position. Minutes seemed
like hours in such a situation. I'll
admit that I was turning over in my
mind whether I should see my family
again. No additional explosions
took place, however, and after remaining
some 18 fathoms deep for
a long period we continued our voyage.
"A few days later we had another
experience with depth charges, or
'wasser bomben,' as the German sailors
call them. A sailing vessel had
just been sunk by shell fire when
two allied destroyers were sighted,
and down we went. By the micro
phones the propellers could De
heard, and as the vessels came nearer
and nearer we in the submarine
could hear the thudding quite distinctly.
To and fro the destroyers
went searching for us. Evidently
they picked up a clue, for there were
two explosions heard, but not so
near as that from the cruiser, but
quite close enough to cause the submarine
to tremble and then roll
about as though in a heavy sea."
Prison camp conditions in Germany
were described by the British
captain as being deplorable.
"Although we were merchant ship
captains imprisoned at Brandenburg,
we were made to suffer various indignities,"
he said. [
"We were compelled to harness I
ourselves to carts which we had to
draw through the streets to the station
or postoffice in order to fetch
our parcels -and any commodities to
camp. It was at this camp also that I
saw 300 Russian soldiers working,
all of whom were in the last stages !
of tuberculosis. The poor fellows i
could not get enough to eat, and
they would eagerly scrape discarded
tin cans in the hope of finding parl
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tides of food. I have even seen
German soldiers do the same thing.
We were glad to search the cinder
paths at any opportunity in anticicipation
of finding bits of coke or
coal with which to cook our food.''
The captain said his ship was torpedoed
without warning and that
after he and all his men were afloat
in lifeboats the submarine appeared
on the surface and he was taken
prisoner, the mates and seamen being
permitted to start in the direction
of land. Describing the submarine
the British captain said:
"She was a fairly large craft, of
recent numbering, having three torpedo
tubes, two in the bow and one
aft, and carried ten torpedoes. She
was also armed with a gun for shell
fire just forward of the conning tower.
"My first meal aboard the u-boat
consisted of a stew made with stringy
meat, p robably horseflesh, supplemented
by small portions of sausage
with black bread. As the voyage
progressed this bread became mildewed
and uneatable, and then some
bread of lighter color, which had
been Wept in hermetically sealed receptacles,
was served, but were more
unpalatable than the black bread.
The coffee was made of burned bar''?
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officers of the u-boat fared as the
lower ratings, but were able to
supplement their allowances with
tinned ham and other canned food."
As the submarine was forced to
keep below the water's surface a
great deal of the time life aboard
the submarine was anything but
pleasant.
"The boat sweated and all spare
clothing , became saturated with
moisture, while the atmosphere
often became foul and breathing
difficult," he asserted. "While
we were submerged the crew would
start the gramophone. That machine
supplied the music which was
played triumphantly when the uboat
got another victim. Really the
sinking of an innocent merchantman
caused the crew as much joy
as if the members had sunk a warship.
"One night there was more than
the usual amount of rejoicing and
the gramaphone's liveliest airs were
fdayed. The Germans had torpedoed
an oil tanker which, according to the
commander, sank in 30 seconds. I
could not help wondering at the
mentality of men who could rejoice
at su h a thing, knowing that without
giving them the slightest chance
of defending themselves or escaping
they had sent innocent sailors to
their deaths.
"The next day we seemed to be
out of the track of steamers and I
went into the conning tower and
saw the officers amusing themselves
by shooting gulls or empty bottles.
"By this time the submarine evidently
had reached the extreme outward
point of her voyage, and we
started on our return trip to Helgoland.
Three Norwegian ships were
stopped for the purpose of obtaining
fresh food. Soon after this there
was much excitement when it wa9
ascertained that there was a British
submarine in our vicinity. By
listening the crew could hear the
enemy submarine, and the Germans
feared she whs going to attack us.
We submerged and eventually dodged
the British vessel.
"The u-boat was equipped with
powerful wireless apparatus and each
evening nrovidine the weather and
other conditions were favorable, the
German commander remained on the
water's surface in wireless communication
with his base."
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The British captain finally arrived
in Helogoland, and afterward was
transferred to Brandenburg. Eventually
he was taken to Switzerland and
released, reaching England on June
15.
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