U12 - "Premier" halakar da Royal Navy
U 12, jirgin ruwa na farko na Kaiserliche Marine ya nutse da kansa ta hanyar rugujewar sojojin ruwa na Royal Abin lura shine bututun hayaki mai rugujewa wanda ke cire iskar gas na injin mai. Tarin Hotuna na Andrzej Danilevich
A ƙarshen kwata na farko na 1915, jiragen ruwa na Kaiser sun yi asarar jiragen ruwa takwas. Uku daga cikinsu sun gangara ne saboda godiya ga rukunin sojojin ruwa na Royal. A ranar 10 ga Maris, masu lalata Birtaniyya waɗanda a baya suka shiga cikin wani aiki guda sun sami nasarar “mafi mahimmanci” ba tare da “rikitarwa” ba kuma sun samu ta hanyar “classic”.
A farkon yakin duniya na farko, kame abokan gaba a karkashin ruwa sharadi ne na nutsewa abokan gaba a karkashin ruwa. Wannan shi ne abin da ya faru da jirgin ruwa na Birmingham a safiyar ranar 9 ga Agusta, 1914 - U 15, yana da wani nau'i na rashin aiki, mai yiwuwa ba zai iya nutsewa ba, wani jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya ya kama shi, kuma ya yanke rabi, ya nutse tare da dukan ma'aikatanta. . Fiye da watanni biyu bayan haka, a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, an ga periscope yana barin wurin da ba kowa a cikin Scapa Flow U 23 daga jirgin ruwa Dorothy Gray. Ranar 18 ga Maris, 4, ma'aikatan U-1915, sun makale a cikin tarun da ke rarraba mashigar Dover, sun yi daidai lokacin da masu lalata Gurkha da Maori suka fara kusantar su, suna gadin drifters a faɗakarwa.
Kwanaki uku bayan haka, shugaban jirgin ruwan Duster trawler ya ba wa Jamus wani dalili na odar nutsewar kwale-kwalen kamun kifi na Burtaniya a cikin ruwan yammacin Tekun Arewa. Da safe, ya gamu da wani jami'in sintiri na rediyo - jirgin ruwan Portia ne dauke da makamai - ya sanar da kwamandanta cewa 'yan sa'o'i kadan da suka gabata ya ga jirgin ruwa na abokan gaba a kusan 57 ° N. sh., 01° 18′ W (kimanin mil 25 na nautical kudu da Aberdeen). Nan take ya aika da rahoto zuwa hedkwatar gundumar sintiri ta 5 a Peterhead da kuma kwamandan sojojin ruwa na Royal Navy a Rosyth Cadmium. Robert S. Lowry ya ba da umarnin a sanar da duk jiragen da ke sintiri a cikin ruwa da ke kusa. Washegari, an ga jirgin ruwa na karkashin ruwa sau biyu, safe da yamma, kuma matsayin da aka bayar a cikin rahotannin ya nuna cewa ta nufi kudu.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan tsakar dare a ranar 8-9 ga Maris, Rosyth da raka'a tara na 1st mai lalata flotilla - flagship, jirgin ruwa mai jin tsoro da Acheron, Ariel, Ataka, Badger, Beaver, Jackal ”, “Chibis” - sun tafi teku don su same shi.
da yashi tashi. Wadannan jiragen ruwa sun kasance a baya a Harwich, kuma an tura su zuwa sansanin Scotland a tsakiyar Fabrairu. Komawa zuwa arewa maso gabas, sun kafa layin gani wanda ya ketare hanyar da ake zargin jirgin ruwa ne, amma hakan bai ba da sakamakon da ake so ba. Da karfe 17:30 na yamma an sake ganinsa sau uku, amma Dauntless ya samu rahoto ne kawai daga jirgin ruwa mai sulke Leviathan, wanda ya dawo Rosyth daga wani sintiri a gabar tekun Norway, ya yi tuntube da shi mai nisan mil zuwa gabas. Bell Rock Lighthouse.
Bayan samun saƙon, rundunar ta nufi kudu. A safiyar ranar 10 ga Maris, ta rabu - yawancin jiragen ruwa, tare da tutocin, sun jera layi daya, da Acheron, Attack da Ariel - a cikin wani. A 09:30 "Rashin Tsoro" ya sami rahoto daga jirgin ruwa mai suna "May Island", wanda aka ga jirgin karkashin ruwa a wani wuri tare da daidaitawa 56 ° 15' N. sh., 01° 56′ W matsawa zuwa gareta. A cikin sa'o'i 10 na minti 10, Acheron, Ataka da Ariel, sun rabu da mil, sun tafi arewa maso gabas a gudun 20 knots, tare da lebur teku (kusan ba a jin iska), amma tare da rashin gani (mafi yawan lokuta bai wuce 1000 ba). m), saboda hazo na hazo ya tashi sama da ruwa. A lokacin ne mai lura da harin tsakiyar tsakiyar ya lura da jirgin na abokan gaba, yana tafiya kusan daidai da gefen tauraro. Kwamandan rugujewar ya ba da umarnin a kara saurin gudu zuwa iyakar sannan ya bude wuta.
