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Message: <blockquote data-quote="K M J" data-source="post: 19148729" data-attributes="member: 539364">Throughout World War I, Germany used its fleet of 351 unterseeboote (colloquially called U-boats in English) to wage submarine warfare against Allied ships.Facing an overwhelming naval blockade by the British, the Germans responded on Feb. 4, 1915 by declaring the waters around the British Isles a war zone.While the U-boats had limited success against nimble British warships, merchant vessels and civilian ships operating in the “war zone” were ripe targets for torpedoes.The sinking of civilian vessels such as the R.M.S. Lusitania ultimately caused the United States to join the war on the side of the Allies.On July 19, 1918, the twin-screw U-boat 110 was engaging a merchant vessel convoy in the North Sea off the town of Hartlepool when she was forced to the surface by Allied depth charges. She was then rammed and sunk by the H.M.S. Garry, a torpedo boat destroyer.Later that year she was salvaged and placed in the Wallsend dry docks of Swan Hunter Wigham Richardson Ltd. in England, with orders to restore her to working condition.These photos of her cramped and complex interior were taken before the armistice of Nov. 11, 1918, after which she was dismantled and sold as scrap.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://p34.imgup.net/103fc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Control room looking aft, starboard side. The manhole to the periscope well and various valve wheels for flooding and blowing are visible.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://m80.imgup.net/271c0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://z55.imgup.net/3f43b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>U.B. 110 in dry dock.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://u57.imgup.net/4053b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://j70.imgup.net/5a022.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Electric control room<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://e37.imgup.net/6ecf5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Electric control room, looking aft to port.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://n52.imgup.net/7e53d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Aft torpedo room<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://o36.imgup.net/866c2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Engine room, looking forward on starboard side<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://t40.imgup.net/9181f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Electric control room, looking forward.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://r20.imgup.net/1079a5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Control room looking forward. Hydroplane gear, depth and fuel gauges are visible<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://c07.imgup.net/11cbfd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Mess table and lockers<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://t40.imgup.net/124095.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Third compartment, crew's lockers<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://k70.imgup.net/13d7f2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Forward torpedo room.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://i21.imgup.net/142aa2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The four torpedo tubes.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://w36.imgup.net/15e199.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Torpedo room looking aft. The beam for lifting torpedoes into place is overhead<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://c34.imgup.net/165578.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Electric control room, looking aft to motor room and stern torpedo room<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://t65.imgup.net/176098.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Number 6 compartment with sleeping berths<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://k14.imgup.net/1832d3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Number 5 compartment, starboard side<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://n44.imgup.net/19a41c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Crew space<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://k00.imgup.net/20d2f7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Control room looking aft. Wheels for raising and lowering the periscope are visible.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://w71.imgup.net/2252f5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Control room looking forward. The depth gauge, engine telegraphs, wheels for flooding and blowing, and hydroplane controls are visible.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://r26.imgup.net/237413.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Control room looking forward to port. Wheels to control air temperature and pressure are visible<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://a62.imgup.net/24efb9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Forward torpedo room<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://r28.imgup.net/255adc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Control room. The gyro compass, steering control shaft, engine telegraphs and voice pipes are visible.<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://g87.imgup.net/26656f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Diesel engine room<a href="http://imgup.net" target="_blank"><img src="http://u56.imgup.net/27e282.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

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