the FATE OF A SUBMARINE [Main]


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  • Year: 1919
  • Runtime: 4 mins
  • Description: A torpedo track reveals the presence of an enemy submarine. A destroyer (Yarrow M Class), ML.55 and two companions, and a trawler, Electra, close in. Electra drops a primitive depth charge. The "U-boat", when forced to the surface, is clearly identifiable as the British submarine H.47, and is flying the White Ensign. A ship's cutter picks up "survivors". A small observation periscope emerges from a calm sea and passes off screen, as the enemy "submerges for the last time". Fish, stunned by the depth charge, are collected by the drifter's crew: "To-morrow will be Friday and we've got 'some' fish today."
    Studio compilation showing a fictitious "action", which involves the various types of craft engaged in anti-submarine warfare duties.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Royal Navy, ML55 / Royal Navy, H47 / ships, British naval - destroyer: Yarrow M Class & [-] / ships, British naval - submarine: H47 / ships, British naval - light forces: ML55 / ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Electra / equipment, British naval - surveillance: periscope / weapons, British naval - depth charge / combat [simulated], British naval - anti-submarine / 12/3(261.2).011
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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