2nd Nov, 2021 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Zephyr)
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[M] A RELIC FROM BRASS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF S.M.S. U.C.-44, CIRCA 1917
A RELIC FROM BRASS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF S.M.S. U.C.-44, CIRCA 1917
modelled as a waterline conning tower of the submarine and inscribed over both sides: U.C. 44 Salved off Dunmore 30.9.17 / Cast Starb'd Propeller -- 4 x 8in. (10 x 20cm.)
U.C.-44's sinking was the result of a clever ruse deployed by Admiral W. 'Blinker' Hall, the Director of Naval Intelligence who, knowing the Germans had cracked the Royal Navy's code transmitted when a minefield had been cleared, arranged for the next minefield to be declared but not swept, thus, when U.C.-44 returned to re-seed a field off Southern Ireland, it ran into mines laid by U.C.-42 in June that year. Only Kapitänleutnant Tebbenjohanns escaped from the conning tower without apparatus.
Sold for £620
Estimated at £200 - £300
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A RELIC FROM BRASS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF S.M.S. U.C.-44, CIRCA 1917
modelled as a waterline conning tower of the submarine and inscribed over both sides: U.C. 44 Salved off Dunmore 30.9.17 / Cast Starb'd Propeller -- 4 x 8in. (10 x 20cm.)
U.C.-44's sinking was the result of a clever ruse deployed by Admiral W. 'Blinker' Hall, the Director of Naval Intelligence who, knowing the Germans had cracked the Royal Navy's code transmitted when a minefield had been cleared, arranged for the next minefield to be declared but not swept, thus, when U.C.-44 returned to re-seed a field off Southern Ireland, it ran into mines laid by U.C.-42 in June that year. Only Kapitänleutnant Tebbenjohanns escaped from the conning tower without apparatus.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Zephyr), 2nd Nov, 2021
Mercantile (Sail) – 1-92A
Mercantile (Steam) – 93-151
Naval (Sail) – 155-236
Naval (Steam) – 240-340
Navigation & Scientific Instruments – 341-392
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