Post by Administrator on Sept 15, 2020 23:55:38 GMT
On this day in 1918, the steamship Serula was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of 17 lives.
U-boat is the anglicised version of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot, meaning undersea boat. At the start of World War I, Germany had twenty-nine U-boats, but by its end, this had increased to 360. They were most effectively used in an economic warfare role, with their primary targets being the merchant ships bringing supplies into Britain and to counteract their effectiveness, Britain introduced escorted convoys.
The History of Wales
U-boat is the anglicised version of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot, meaning undersea boat. At the start of World War I, Germany had twenty-nine U-boats, but by its end, this had increased to 360. They were most effectively used in an economic warfare role, with their primary targets being the merchant ships bringing supplies into Britain and to counteract their effectiveness, Britain introduced escorted convoys.
The History of Wales