THE U-BOAT DOMINATION OF THE NORTH SEA.1914

On august 6,1914,a team of U-Boats were attacking a british warship station,one of the U-9,s engines broke down so it had to return to base.the U-15 fired a torpedo at the HMS Monarch,it missed by an inch leaving a scratch on it the torpedo just made the ships on guard from hitting a countryside cliff that fell into the water and britian lost a peice of land(this was worth it becuase a wanted man was on the cliff)his fate was one of the worst ever,he fell into 25 feet of water(he was a bad swimmer.)the cliffs huge rocks crushed him and a second torpedo destroyed the huge 43 ton boulders and him.the U-15 later headed toward the HMS Birmingham,but the ship sighted it and rammed into nothing.on the 5 day of september revenge happened against the british for U-15 incident,they had one of their best U-boat captains,Otto Hersing,was sent and did sink the HMS Pathfinder,it sank very quick becuase the toroedo hit the ammunittion storage triggering a chain reaction breaking open the bottom of the ship,so much water got in so quick water burst through the deck one sent a turret flying in the air and all its shells fell and destroyed the rest of the ship.the british recieved a surprise attack by U-boats that sunk the HMS Hogue,HMS Aboukir,and HMS Cressy.the british were shocked when a U-boat sank the HMS Hawke.the british royal navy lost 10 cruisers by the end of 1914,the final and tenth cruiser when U-boats sank the HMS Formidable,but the Second Reich still lost.