U12 - "ke poʻokela" luku o ka Royal Navy

U 12, ʻo ka moku kai mua o Kaiserliche Marine i hoʻolei kūʻokoʻa ʻia e nā moku luku ʻo Royal Navy ʻO ka mea e mahalo nui ʻia ai kahi kapuahi hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia e hoʻoneʻe i nā kinoea hoʻopau o kahi mīkini ʻaila. ʻO nā kiʻi o Andrzej Danilevich

I ka pau ʻana o ka hapaha mua o ka makahiki 1915, ua nalowale nā ​​ʻauwaʻa Kaiser i ʻewalu mau moku moana. ʻEkolu o lākou i iho i lalo i ka mahalo i nā ʻāpana ʻili o ka Royal Navy. Ma ka lā 10 o Malaki, ua loaʻa i nā mea luku Pelekāne i komo mua i loko o hoʻokahi hana i ka lanakila "kekahi" me ka ʻole o ka "complicity" a loaʻa iā ia ma ke ʻano "maʻamau".

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Honua Mua, ʻo ka hopu ʻia ʻana o ka ʻenemi i lalo o ke kai kahi kūlana no ka hoʻopololei ʻana i kahi ʻenemi i lalo o ka wai. ʻO kēia ka mea i hana ʻia i ka moku holo māmā ʻo Birmingham i ke kakahiaka o ʻAukake 9, 1914 - U 15, me ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ʻano hana ʻino, ʻaʻole hiki ke luʻu, ua hoʻokuʻi ʻia e kahi moku Pelekane, a ʻoki ʻia i ka hapalua, piholo me kāna poʻe holo holoʻokoʻa. . ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻelua mahina ma hope mai, ma ka lā 2 o Nowemapa, ua ʻike ʻia kahi periscope e haʻalele ana i ke kahua kaʻawale ma Scapa Flow U 23 mai ka mea hoʻoheheʻe kaua ʻia ʻo Dorothy Gray. Ma ka la 18 o Maraki, la 4, ua paa na ohua o ka U-1915, i ka upena e mahele ana i ke kowa o Dover, i ka wa i hoomaka ai na moku luku Gurkha a me Maori e hookokoke aku ia lakou, e kiai ana i ka poe drifters me ka makaala.

ʻEkolu mau lā ma hope mai, ua hāʻawi aku ka luna o ka moku lawaiʻa Duster i nā poʻe Kelemania i ke kumu ʻē aʻe no ke kauoha e hoʻopololei i nā moku lawaiʻa Pelekane i loko o nā wai o ke komohana o ke Kai Akau. I ke kakahiaka, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me kahi pūʻali koa i hoʻolako ʻia i ka lekiō - ʻo ia ka moku moku kaua ʻo Portia - ua haʻi ʻo ia i kona luna alakaʻi i kekahi mau hola ma mua ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi submarine ʻenemi ma kahi o 57 ° N. sh., 01° 18′ W (ma kahi o 25 nautical mile ma ka hema o Aberdeen). Ua hoʻouna koke ʻo ia i kahi hōʻike i ke keʻena nui o ka 5th Patrol District ma Peterhead a i ke alakaʻi o nā pūʻali koa Royal Navy ma Rosyth Cadmium. Ua kauoha ʻo Robert S. Lowry e makaʻala i nā moku kiaʻi a pau ma nā kai kokoke. I kekahi lā aʻe, ua ʻike ʻia ka moku luʻu i ʻelua manawa, i ke kakahiaka a i ke ahiahi, a ʻo nā kūlana i hāʻawi ʻia ma nā hōʻike i hōʻike ʻia e hele ana ʻo ia i ka hema.

Ma hope koke iho o ke aumoe i ka lā Malaki 8-9, ʻo Rosyth a me ʻeiwa mau ʻāpana o ka flotilla luku mua - ʻo ka mokuahi, ka holo moana māmā ʻo Fearless a me Acheron, Ariel, Ataka, Badger, Beaver, Jackal ”, “Chibis” - hele i ke kai e ʻike iā ia.

a lele one. Ua hoʻokumu mua ʻia kēia mau moku ma Harwich, a ua hoʻouna ʻia i ke kahua ʻo Scottish i ka waena o Pepeluali. Ke neʻe nei i ka ʻākau hikina, ua hana lākou i kahi laina o ka ʻike e hele ai i ke ala i manaʻo ʻia o ka submarine, akā ʻaʻole kēia i hāʻawi i ka hopena i makemake ʻia. Ma ka hora 17:30 p.m. ua ike hou ia aku oia he ekolu manawa, aka, ua loaa mai ia Dauntless he hoike wale no mai ka mokukaua Leviathan mai, a hoi mai la i Rosyth mai ka huakai makaikai o Norewai, a haule iho la maluna ona he mau mile ma ka hikina. Hale kukui Pohaku Bell.

Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōlelo, hele ka pūʻali i ka hema. Ma ke kakahiaka o Malaki 10, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia - ʻo ka hapa nui o nā moku, me ka moku hae, i laina i ka laina hoʻokahi, a ʻo Acheron, Attack a me Ariel - ma kahi ʻē aʻe. Ma ka hola 09:30, ua loaʻa iā "Fearless" kahi hōʻike mai ka trawler "May Island", kahi i ʻike ʻia ai ka submarine ma kahi kiko me nā koina 56 ° 15' N. sh., 01° 56′ W nee aku ilaila. Ma 10 mau hola 10 mau minuke, ʻo ʻAcheron, ʻo Ataka a me Ariel, i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e nā mile, hele i ka hikina akau i ka wikiwiki o 20 knots, me ke kai palahalaha (ʻaneʻane ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ka makani), akā me ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻole (ʻoi aku ka nui o ka 1000. m), no ka mea, ua piʻi aʻe kēlā mau noe ma luna o ka wai. ʻO ia ka manawa i ʻike aku ai ka mea nānā ma waena o Attack i ka moku ʻenemi, e holo pololei ana ma kona ʻaoʻao ʻaoʻao. Ua kauoha ka luna luku e hoʻonui koke i ka wikiwiki a hiki i ke ahi ākea.