German World War 1 U-boat campaign accelerates in 1915. A three-masted schooner (the "Miss Morris Miss Morris, in route from Genoa to Malaga) slowly sinks in Mediterranean Sea after being attacked by the German submarine U-boat U-35. A German UB-III class submarine underway on the surface emitting smoke from a stack on the stern deck. A small one-stack merchantman sinking after U-boat attack. Slate refers to German food shortages due to allied blockade, and states U-boat warfare is Germany's answer. Another view of the German UB (coastal torpedo attack boat) submarine. Captain of a U-boat at his periscope. View from periscope of several Allied warships. A submarine slowly submerging to periscope depth. Naval guns in triple turrets of a British dreadnaught fire salvos. Explosion from depth charge raises large column of water. A torpedo leaving a bubble trail as it moves through the water. Starboard aft view of British battle cruiser underway. She has two turrets of heavy guns mounted on her aft deck and two smaller ones in sponsons on her aft starboard side. A British 4-stacker destroyer underway.
The German SM U-35 U-boat sinks a British ship in the Mediterranean Sea during World War 1. German U-Boat Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière uses a pair of binoculars, with subordinates taking down notes, while the SM U-35 cruises in the Mediterranean. A British merchant ship sails the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. German U-Boat crew sails to the British merchant ship on a small boat. German seamen return with seized cargo of turtles. Seized turtles are laid down on the U-Boat’s deck. A commander of the British ship is offloaded by the German. A captured crew member tosses a hat to the commander. Captured British crew members, wearing life vests, are left adrift in a lifeboat. The SM U-35 crew fires deck gun to sink the British merchant ship. Sailing ship listing as it begins to sink. Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière marks off the sunken ship in a log book as other captured British commanders gather on the submarine deck. Lifeboats with captured British crewmen are left adrift in the Mediterranean Sea.