German Submarine of the UB Class in Rough Seas

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Description

During World War I, German submarines, or U-boats, patrolled the North Sea, the English Channel, the Irish Sea, and their approaches. U-boats, such as the one pictured here, attacked merchant ships and convoys.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Bureau of Ships.

National Archives Identifier: 594948

Full Citation: 19-N-10586; Photograph of German Submarine of the UB Class in Rough Seas; ca. 1919; Naval History Photographs, 1883–1941; Records of the Bureau of Ships, Record Group 19; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/german-submarine-ub-class-rough-seas/, March 30, 2026]

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