98 years ago today the first U-Boat was sunk...

[Slartibartfast 153]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/10134954/Story-of-Captains-courage-resurfaces-after-98-years.html

 

98 years ago today the first U-Boat was sunk... by a small steamship and not a warship...

[+Gepard 10,254]

The first sunk submarine was during american civil war, wasnt it?

[Slartibartfast 153]

This was meaning more on the case of a definite sinking by enemy action of a U-Boat in WW1.

 

Also as no-one is sure how the Hunley was sunk as it could have taken itself out with its own weapon or by lack of oxygen or enemy action it is still up for grabs...

Edited June 21, 2013 by Slartibartfast

[+Gepard 10,254]

Okay, I see.