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  3. IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, German submarine fleet 1914-1918

IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, German submarine fleet 1914-1918

Feb 10, 2025

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  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED German U-boat in N.Y., 1917. Photograph probably shows the SM UC-5 submarine that ran aground in 1916 and was displayed in New York City to sell war bonds. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED German U-boat in N.Y., 1917. Photograph probably shows the SM UC-5 submarine that ran aground in 1916 and was displayed in New York City to sell war bonds. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Capt. P. Koenig, Paul Hinken, 1916. Shows submarine Captain Paul Liebrecht Ko?nig. He was Captain of the merchant sub Deutschland. This shows them in Baltimore on July 10, 1916. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Capt. P. Koenig, Paul Hinken, 1916. Shows submarine Captain Paul Liebrecht Ko?nig. He was Captain of the merchant sub Deutschland. This shows them in Baltimore on July 10, 1916. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond. The submarine took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Liberty Loan procession in Central Park, 25 Oct 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond. The submarine took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED German U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond. The submarine, shown in Central Park, took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED German U-Boat, 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond. The submarine, shown in Central Park, took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED German U-Boat in N.Y., 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond. The submarine, shown in Central Park, took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED German U-Boat in N.Y., 1917. The SM UC-5, a German Type UC I minelayer submarine (U-boat) which was captured by the Allies, brought to New York City and renamed U-Buy-a-Bond. The submarine, shown in Central Park, took part in the Liberty Loan Parade in New York City on October 25, 1917. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. German submarines in a harbor. Front row (left to right): U-22, U-20 (sank the Lusitania), U-19 and U-21. Back row (left to right): U-14, U-10 and U-12. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED German Submarines in harbor, between c1914 and c1915. German submarines in a harbor. Front row (left to right): U-22, U-20 (sank the Lusitania), U-19 and U-21. Back row (left to right): U-14, U-10 and U-12. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesxBainxNewsxServicex IMAGO

  • WWI: GERMAN SUBMARINE, 1919. The German submarine U-155, surrendered at the end of World War I, being exhibited on the River Thames in London, England. Photograph, 9 January 1919. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623030

    WWI: GERMAN SUBMARINE, 1919. The German submarine U-155, surrendered at the end of World War I, being exhibited on the River Thames in London, England. Photograph, 9 January 1919. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623030

  • WWI: GERMAN SUBMARINE, 1917. The German minelayer submarine UC-5, captured by the Royal Navy and displayed in England and the United States as propaganda. Photograph, October 1917. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623029

    WWI: GERMAN SUBMARINE, 1917. The German minelayer submarine UC-5, captured by the Royal Navy and displayed in England and the United States as propaganda. Photograph, October 1917. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623029

  • WWI: GERMAN PRISONERS, 1918. Prisoners of war captured from the German submarine U-58 at Fort McPherson, Georgia, guarded by U.S. Marines. Photograph by Mathewson & Winn, April 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623028

    WWI: GERMAN PRISONERS, 1918. Prisoners of war captured from the German submarine U-58 at Fort McPherson, Georgia, guarded by U.S. Marines. Photograph by Mathewson & Winn, April 1918. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0623028

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED WW1 - Captured UC5 U-Boat in the River Thames WW1 - UC-5 was a German Type UC minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. Seen here moored up on the banks of the River Thames following capture. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19th June 1915 as SM UC-5. She served in World War I under the command of Herbert Pustkuchen (June 1915 - December 1915) and Ulrich Mohrbutter (December 1915 - April 1916). Date: circa 1917 Copyright: Gemini Picture No. 10942233

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED WW1 - Captured UC5 U-Boat in the River Thames WW1 - UC-5 was a German Type UC minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. Seen here moored up on the banks of the River Thames following capture. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19th June 1915 as SM UC-5. She served in World War I under the command of Herbert Pustkuchen (June 1915 - December 1915) and Ulrich Mohrbutter (December 1915 - April 1916). Date: circa 1917 Copyright: Gemini Picture No. 10942233

  • WW1 - U Boat off the English coast WW1 - A drawing for a German paper showing a German officers examining a chart on their U Boat on English waters. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10948114

    WW1 - U Boat off the English coast WW1 - A drawing for a German paper showing a German officers examining a chart on their U Boat on English waters. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10948114

  • WW1 - The crew of the German U-9 submarine WW1 - Lieutenant Commander Otto Eduard Weddigen (1882 -1915), photographed with the crew of the German U-9 submarine. It is said that the crew also joined Weddigen as part of the U-29 submarine. The German U-29 sunk with all hands on 18th March 1915 in Pentland Firth. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10944088

    WW1 - The crew of the German U-9 submarine WW1 - Lieutenant Commander Otto Eduard Weddigen (1882 -1915), photographed with the crew of the German U-9 submarine. It is said that the crew also joined Weddigen as part of the U-29 submarine. The German U-29 sunk with all hands on 18th March 1915 in Pentland Firth. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10944088

  • WW1 - U-14 rammed by British steam trawler, the Oceanic II WW1 - SM U-14 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. On the 5th June 1915, U-14 was disabled by gunfire from armed British trawler, Oceanic II, and sunk off Peterhead at position. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10944065

    WW1 - U-14 rammed by British steam trawler, the Oceanic II WW1 - SM U-14 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. On the 5th June 1915, U-14 was disabled by gunfire from armed British trawler, Oceanic II, and sunk off Peterhead at position. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10944065

  • WW1 - German U-21 sinks SS Linda Blanche in the Irish Sea WW1 - German U-Boat U-21 ( Otto Hersing ), sinks the British steamer SS Linda Blanche in the Irish Sea on the 30th January 1915. The steamer was bound from Manchester to Belfast when the U-21 rose and came alongside her. Captain Ellis, her skipper, was required to go on board the submarine with his ship s papers. In the meantime, Germans handed cigars and cigarettes to the British crew. The latter were given 10 minutes to collect their belongings and take to the boats. Four Germans boarded the steamer, and placed two explosive shells which blew up Linda Blanche , and sank her. The crew rowed to a trawler, which took them to Fleetwood. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10944063

    WW1 - German U-21 sinks SS Linda Blanche in the Irish Sea WW1 - German U-Boat U-21 ( Otto Hersing ), sinks the British steamer SS Linda Blanche in the Irish Sea on the 30th January 1915. The steamer was bound from Manchester to Belfast when the U-21 rose and came alongside her. Captain Ellis, her skipper, was required to go on board the submarine with his ship s papers. In the meantime, Germans handed cigars and cigarettes to the British crew. The latter were given 10 minutes to collect their belongings and take to the boats. Four Germans boarded the steamer, and placed two explosive shells which blew up Linda Blanche , and sank her. The crew rowed to a trawler, which took them to Fleetwood. Date: 1915 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10944063

  • German submarine on view in London, WW1 U C 5, a captured German submarine, exhibited at Temple Pier in London with the British ensign flying over the German flag. Date: 1916 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10698025

    German submarine on view in London, WW1 U C 5, a captured German submarine, exhibited at Temple Pier in London with the British ensign flying over the German flag. Date: 1916 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10698025

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Kiel Harbour , (1919). Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtransporte,transporte,Germany,mar,Alemão,país,porto,comércio,porto,navio,navios,geografia,canal,guerra,posição,submarino,submarinos,século,kiel,primeiraxguerraxdexmundo,conceito,Marinha,B&W,MONOCROMÁTICO,schleswig-holstein,guerra,World.war.i,WWI,guerraxnaval,transportexdaxágua,pretox&xbranco,pretoxexbranco,B W,GuerraxDexMundoxUma,1910s,20oxséculo,MarxDexBáltico,ThexPrintxCollector,photograph,Unknown,Knight,CaxtonxPublishingxCompany,WilliamxStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,WilliamxStanleyxMacbean,W.xStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,WxStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,W.xStanleyxMacbean,WxStanleyxMacbean,W.xS.xM.,W.xS.xM.xKnight,CaxtonxPulishingxCompanyxLim,KielxHarbourx IMAGO ,2710870 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄT Copyright:transporte,transporte,Germany,mar,Alemão,país,porto,comércio,porto,navio,navios,geografia,canal,guerra,posição,submarino,submarinos,século,kiel,primeiraxguerraxdexmundo,conceito,Marinha,B&W,

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Kiel Harbour , (1919). Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtransporte,transporte,Germany,mar,Alemão,país,porto,comércio,porto,navio,navios,geografia,canal,guerra,posição,submarino,submarinos,século,kiel,primeiraxguerraxdexmundo,conceito,Marinha,B&W,MONOCROMÁTICO,schleswig-holstein,guerra,World.war.i,WWI,guerraxnaval,transportexdaxágua,pretox&xbranco,pretoxexbranco,B W,GuerraxDexMundoxUma,1910s,20oxséculo,MarxDexBáltico,ThexPrintxCollector,photograph,Unknown,Knight,CaxtonxPublishingxCompany,WilliamxStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,WilliamxStanleyxMacbean,W.xStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,WxStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,W.xStanleyxMacbean,WxStanleyxMacbean,W.xS.xM.,W.xS.xM.xKnight,CaxtonxPulishingxCompanyxLim,KielxHarbourx IMAGO ,2710870 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄT Copyright:transporte,transporte,Germany,mar,Alemão,país,porto,comércio,porto,navio,navios,geografia,canal,guerra,posição,submarino,submarinos,século,kiel,primeiraxguerraxdexmundo,conceito,Marinha,B&W,

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale. Although an unarmed passenger ship, she was carrying munitions. 1198 people lost their lives, of whom 128 were US citizens. The sinking was a main cause of America s entry into World War I. The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Samuel Begg

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale. Although an unarmed passenger ship, she was carrying munitions. 1198 people lost their lives, of whom 128 were US citizens. The sinking was a main cause of America s entry into World War I. The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Samuel Begg

  • Stereoview WW1 Realistic Travels Military photographs circa 1918. A trapped German submarine driven inshore and blown clean out of the water DesignxPicsx xJohnxShort 902_33_12539576HighRes

    Stereoview WW1 Realistic Travels Military photographs circa 1918. A trapped German submarine driven inshore and blown clean out of the water DesignxPicsx xJohnxShort 902_33_12539576HighRes

  • New York, New York: 1919 The surrendered German submarine UB88 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard where it was used in the Visctory Loan drive. xUnderwoodxArchives 4-WWI-Ger-Nav_2

    New York, New York: 1919 The surrendered German submarine UB88 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard where it was used in the Visctory Loan drive. xUnderwoodxArchives 4-WWI-Ger-Nav_2

  • The French liner Sontay sinking in the Mediterranean after being torpedoed by a German submarine, during the First World War, with passengers and crew escaping into lifeboats. 16 April 1917 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_40_969

    The French liner Sontay sinking in the Mediterranean after being torpedoed by a German submarine, during the First World War, with passengers and crew escaping into lifeboats. 16 April 1917 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_40_969

  • World War I - German submarine (U-Boat) crews surrender to British Forces at the English port of Harwich 1918 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_037_0002

    World War I - German submarine (U-Boat) crews surrender to British Forces at the English port of Harwich 1918 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_037_0002

  • World War I - German submarine (U-Boat) crews surrender to British Forces at the English port of Harwich 1918 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_037_0001

    World War I - German submarine (U-Boat) crews surrender to British Forces at the English port of Harwich 1918 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_037_0001

  • WW1: German submarine U.35 sights British ships at sea. , U-Boot, Uboot, Unterseeboot, Tauchboot, U Boot UnitedArchives00921077

    WW1: German submarine U.35 sights British ships at sea. , U-Boot, Uboot, Unterseeboot, Tauchboot, U Boot UnitedArchives00921077

  • German Submarines and crew from WWI, U-Boot, Uboot, Unterseeboot, Tauchboot, U Boot UnitedArchives00909612

    German Submarines and crew from WWI, U-Boot, Uboot, Unterseeboot, Tauchboot, U Boot UnitedArchives00909612

  • British Royal Navy . HM Submarine C15 . 1914 C15 torpedoed and sank German U boat , UC - 65 in the English Channel on 3 November 1917 . , U-Boot, Uboot, Unterseeboot, Tauchboot, U Boot UnitedArchives00381873

    British Royal Navy . HM Submarine C15 . 1914 C15 torpedoed and sank German U boat , UC - 65 in the English Channel on 3 November 1917 . , U-Boot, Uboot, Unterseeboot, Tauchboot, U Boot UnitedArchives00381873

  • British Royal Navy . H M Submarine C 34 - a C Class submarine . 1914 She was sunk by German submarine U - 52 off Fair Isle in the Shetlands while on the surface on 24 July 1917. The only survivor was picked up by U - 52 . Mono Negative !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1227366

    British Royal Navy . H M Submarine C 34 - a C Class submarine . 1914 She was sunk by German submarine U - 52 off Fair Isle in the Shetlands while on the surface on 24 July 1917. The only survivor was picked up by U - 52 . Mono Negative !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1227366

  • WW1: German submarine and sinking British ships. !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Mono Print UnitedArchives0775125

    WW1: German submarine and sinking British ships. !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Mono Print UnitedArchives0775125

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