War beneath the waves revieew from "in depth"
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Most book reviewed for ‘In Depth’ have concerned
the activities of Royal Navy and Allied Submarines
during the two World Wars. This new book is
different in that it covers the activities of the
Imperial German Navy ‘Flanders Flotilla’ during
World War I. The author, Thomas Termode, is a
naval historian who has researched his subject in
depth in more ways than one!
Not only has he conducted extensive research in the
Archives in Germany, Belgium and UK on all the
UB and UC-Boats which formed the Flanders
Flotilla - covering their Patrols, their Commanding
Officers and Crews - and their fates but, as a fully
qualified diver, he has dived on many of the lost UB
& UC-Boats found to date in the southern North
Sea and the Dover Straits and is therefore well
placed to describe the wrecks.
The amount of detail available is most impressive. If
you want to know the construction and engineering
details of a particular UB or UC-Boat, it is here.
Details of the construction of the U-Boat bases in
Belgium are here. Career and family details of
various U-Boat Commanders are here. Information
on ships sunk, torpedoes fired, minefields laid and
U-Boats lost is here. The book is full of
photographs of the U-Boats and Crew members at
sea and in harbour.
The book is also a sobering reminder of the efforts
made by the boats of the Flanders Flotilla to disrupt
and destroy Allied merchant and naval shipping but
also of the efforts of the Royal Navy to destroy the
Flanders Flotilla.
Some of the opinions expressed might be
conjectured and, in places, the wording is difficult to
read and needs to be read twice to understand the
meaning but I suspect that this the result of
translation into the English language. However, all
things considered, it is a ‘tour de force’ by Thomas
Termode and is well worth reading by the naval
historian (both amateur and professional) and will be
a valuable addition to your reference libraries.
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