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| Keywords: UC5 captured.jpg The German Imperial Navy submarine UC 5 during its capture in 1916 UC 5 was a German Type UC I U-boat and commissioned on 19 June 1915 at Hamburg She served in the First World War under the command of Herbert Pustkuchen June 1915 - December 1915 and Ulrich Mohrbutter December 1915 - April 1916 She ran aground on Shipwash Shoal while on patrol on 27 April 1916 51°59 ²N 1°38 ²E and was scuttled but the charges failed to explode Her crew were captured by the British destroyer HMS Firedrake British sailors and officers boarding the captured UC-5 German mine-laying submarine The open grating shows one of the openings through which the mines are laid J Reynolds Allen L Churchill Francis Trevelyan Miller eds The Story of the Great War Volume V New York Specified year 1916 actual year more likely 1917 or 1918 Retreived from https //archive org/stream/storyofgreatwarh05churuoft page/n476/mode/1up 1916-04 <sup>http //www navsource org/archives/08/08465 htm NY newspaper</sup> Central News Photo Service PD-USGov frame removed SM UC 5 submarine 1915 191604 | ||||
