I-U12 - "uNdunankulu" ababhubhisi beRoyal Navy

U-U 12, umkhumbi-ngwenya wokuqala wase-Kaiserliche Marine wacwila ngokuzimela ngababhubhisi beRoyal Navy Okuphawulekayo ushimula ogoqekayo okhipha amagesi e-exhaust enjini kaphethiloli. Iqoqo Lezithombe lika-Andrzej Danilevich

Ekupheleni kwekota yokuqala ka-1915, imikhumbi yaseKaiser yayilahlekelwe yimikhumbi-ngwenya eyisishiyagalombili. Ezintathu zazo zehla ngenxa yamayunithi angaphezulu eRoyal Navy. NgoMashi 10, ababhubhisi baseBrithani ababekade bebambe iqhaza emsebenzini owodwa bathola impumelelo "ephambili" ngaphandle "kokuhambisana" futhi bayithola ngendlela "yakudala".

Ekuqaleni kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, ukuthunjwa kwesitha sangaphansi kwamanzi kwakuyisimo sokucwilisa isitha esingaphansi kwamanzi. Yilokhu okwenzeka ku-light cruiser Birmingham ekuseni ngo-August 9, 1914 - U 15, enohlobo oluthile lokungasebenzi, okungenzeka ukuthi ingakwazi ukutshuza, yahlaselwa umkhumbi waseBrithani futhi, yanqanyulwa phakathi, yacwila neqembu layo lonke. . Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili, ngoNovemba 2, i-periscope yabonakala ishiya isizinda esingenalutho e-Scapa Flow U 23 kumdobi ohlomile u-Dorothy Grey. Ngo-March 18, 4, izisebenzi zika-U-1915, ezazibhajwe emanetheni ehlukanisa iStrait of Dover, zenza okufanayo lapho ababhubhisi uGurkha noMaori beqala ukusondela kubo, beqaphe abakhukhulekayo beqaphile.

Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, ukaputeni we-Duster trawler wanika amaJalimane esinye isizathu somyalo wokucwilisa izikebhe zokudoba zaseBrithani emanzini asentshonalanga yoLwandle Olusenyakatho. Ekuseni, ehlangana nethimba labaqaphi elihlonyiswe ngomsakazo - kwakuyisikebhe esihlomile uPortia - wazisa umphathi wakhe ukuthi emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambili wayebone umkhumbi-ngwenya wesitha cishe ngo-57 ° N. sh., 01° 18′ W (cishe. 25 miles nautical eningizimu ye-Aberdeen). Ngokushesha wathumela umbiko endlunkulu yeSifunda Se-5 Patrol e-Peterhead kanye nakumlawuli wamabutho e-Royal Navy e-Rosyth Cadmium. URobert S. Lowry wayala yonke imikhumbi egadayo emanzini aseduze ukuba yaziswe. Ngakusasa, umkhumbi-ngwenya wabonwa kabili, ekuseni nakusihlwa, futhi izindawo ezazishiwo emibikweni zazibonisa ukuthi wayelibangise eningizimu.

Ngokushesha nje phakathi kwamabili ngoMashi 8-9, uRosyth kanye namayunithi ayisishiyagalolunye e-flotilla yokuqala yokubhubhisa - i-flagship, i-cruiser light Fearless kanye ne-Acheron, i-Ariel, i-Ataka, i-Badger, i-Beaver, i-Jackal "," i-Chibis" - baya olwandle ukuze bamthole.

futhi isihlabathi fly. Le mikhumbi ngaphambilini ibizinze e-Harwich, futhi yathunyelwa endaweni yaseScotland maphakathi noFebhuwari. Beya enyakatho-mpumalanga, benza umugqa wokubuka owawela inkambo okusolakala ukuthi yomkhumbi-ngwenya, kodwa lokhu akuzange kunikeze umphumela ababewufuna. Ngo-17:30 p.m. waphinde wabonwa izikhathi ezintathu, kodwa u-Fearless wathola umbiko kuphela ovela ku-armored cruiser Leviathan, okwathi, ebuyela eRosyth evela ku-patrol ogwini lwaseNorway, wakhubeka kuye amamayela ambalwa ukuya empumalanga. I-Bell Rock Lighthouse.

Ngemva kokuthola lo mlayezo, ithimba lamasosha libhekise amabombo eningizimu. Ekuseni ngoMashi 10, yahlukana - iningi lemikhumbi, kanye ne-flagship, yakleliswa emgqeni owodwa, i-Acheron, Attack ne-Ariel - komunye. Ngo-09:30 "abangesabi" bathole umbiko ovela ku-May Island trawler, lapho umkhumbi-ngwenya wabonakala endaweni enezixhumanisi ezingu-56 ° 15' N. sh., 01° 56′ W qhubekela kuyo. Ngo-10: 10, u-Acheron, u-Ataka no-Ariel, behlukaniswe ngamamayela, babehamba enyakatho-mpumalanga ngesivinini samafindo angu-20, nolwandle oluyisicaba (umoya wawucishe ungezwakali), kodwa ngokungabonakali kahle (imvamisa wawungeqi ku-1000. m), ngoba leyo mfucumfucu yenkungu yaphakama ngaphezu kwamanzi. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho umuntu obukele ku-Attack ephakathi aqaphela umkhumbi wesitha, uhamba cishe ngendlela eqondile ohlangothini lwawo lwe-starboard. Umkhuzi wombhubhisi wayala ukuthi akhuphule isivinini ngokushesha aze afike phezulu futhi avule umlilo.