29th Oct, 2014 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Wizard)
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[M] ALARM BELL FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE U-111<br/>a brass...
ALARM BELL FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE U-111
a brass bell with clapper, stipple engraved Alarm Bell Taken From German Submarine U-111 -- 6in. high (15cm.)
U-111 was one of the 'U-93' class of submarines, the first batch of which was ordered from Germaniawerft at Kiel in May 1916. Displacing 808 tons (surfaced) and 946 tons (submerged), all vessels in the class measured 235 feet in length with a 21 foot beam and could make almost 17 knots at full power when above the waves. Well-armed with six torpedo tubes (4 bow & 2 stern) and deck guns fore and aft, each carried a complement of 39 officers and men. U-111 herself was launched on 5th September 1917 and was completed for sea early in January 1918. Despite her brief wartime career operating solely in the Irish Sea and the 'Western Approaches', she sank two allied steamers on her first patrol (26 March - 23 April) and at least one other on her second cruise (27 May - 24 June). Hampered by British anti-submarine patrols in the Irish Sea on her third patrol (25 August-29 September), she obtained no further sinkings and surrendered herself at Harwich, after the Armistice, on 20th November 1918. One of the six U-boats handed over to the Americans as war reparations, all of which were towed to the USA and then sunk as targets, U-111 also held the curious distinction of being the only German U-boat of the Great War (out of the total of 139 completed) to number a clergyman among her crew, Marinepfarrer Wilhelm Meinhold.
a brass bell with clapper, stipple engraved Alarm Bell Taken From German Submarine U-111 -- 6in. high (15cm.)
U-111 was one of the 'U-93' class of submarines, the first batch of which was ordered from Germaniawerft at Kiel in May 1916. Displacing 808 tons (surfaced) and 946 tons (submerged), all vessels in the class measured 235 feet in length with a 21 foot beam and could make almost 17 knots at full power when above the waves. Well-armed with six torpedo tubes (4 bow & 2 stern) and deck guns fore and aft, each carried a complement of 39 officers and men. U-111 herself was launched on 5th September 1917 and was completed for sea early in January 1918. Despite her brief wartime career operating solely in the Irish Sea and the 'Western Approaches', she sank two allied steamers on her first patrol (26 March - 23 April) and at least one other on her second cruise (27 May - 24 June). Hampered by British anti-submarine patrols in the Irish Sea on her third patrol (25 August-29 September), she obtained no further sinkings and surrendered herself at Harwich, after the Armistice, on 20th November 1918. One of the six U-boats handed over to the Americans as war reparations, all of which were towed to the USA and then sunk as targets, U-111 also held the curious distinction of being the only German U-boat of the Great War (out of the total of 139 completed) to number a clergyman among her crew, Marinepfarrer Wilhelm Meinhold.
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ALARM BELL FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE U-111
a brass bell with clapper, stipple engraved Alarm Bell Taken From German Submarine U-111 -- 6in. high (15cm.)
U-111 was one of the 'U-93' class of submarines, the first batch of which was ordered from Germaniawerft at Kiel in May 1916. Displacing 808 tons (surfaced) and 946 tons (submerged), all vessels in the class measured 235 feet in length with a 21 foot beam and could make almost 17 knots at full power when above the waves. Well-armed with six torpedo tubes (4 bow & 2 stern) and deck guns fore and aft, each carried a complement of 39 officers and men. U-111 herself was launched on 5th September 1917 and was completed for sea early in January 1918. Despite her brief wartime career operating solely in the Irish Sea and the 'Western Approaches', she sank two allied steamers on her first patrol (26 March - 23 April) and at least one other on her second cruise (27 May - 24 June). Hampered by British anti-submarine patrols in the Irish Sea on her third patrol (25 August-29 September), she obtained no further sinkings and surrendered herself at Harwich, after the Armistice, on 20th November 1918. One of the six U-boats handed over to the Americans as war reparations, all of which were towed to the USA and then sunk as targets, U-111 also held the curious distinction of being the only German U-boat of the Great War (out of the total of 139 completed) to number a clergyman among her crew, Marinepfarrer Wilhelm Meinhold.
a brass bell with clapper, stipple engraved Alarm Bell Taken From German Submarine U-111 -- 6in. high (15cm.)
U-111 was one of the 'U-93' class of submarines, the first batch of which was ordered from Germaniawerft at Kiel in May 1916. Displacing 808 tons (surfaced) and 946 tons (submerged), all vessels in the class measured 235 feet in length with a 21 foot beam and could make almost 17 knots at full power when above the waves. Well-armed with six torpedo tubes (4 bow & 2 stern) and deck guns fore and aft, each carried a complement of 39 officers and men. U-111 herself was launched on 5th September 1917 and was completed for sea early in January 1918. Despite her brief wartime career operating solely in the Irish Sea and the 'Western Approaches', she sank two allied steamers on her first patrol (26 March - 23 April) and at least one other on her second cruise (27 May - 24 June). Hampered by British anti-submarine patrols in the Irish Sea on her third patrol (25 August-29 September), she obtained no further sinkings and surrendered herself at Harwich, after the Armistice, on 20th November 1918. One of the six U-boats handed over to the Americans as war reparations, all of which were towed to the USA and then sunk as targets, U-111 also held the curious distinction of being the only German U-boat of the Great War (out of the total of 139 completed) to number a clergyman among her crew, Marinepfarrer Wilhelm Meinhold.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Wizard), 29th Oct, 2014
