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Aerial view of a beached U-Boat in the UK, WW1, 1919 (media.kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [M] to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This picture really puts in perspective just how big these were.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right? I always think of submarines as small and cramped, and while they are certainly cramped, they're not generally small. Lot of machinery goes into those beasts.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I might be misremembering, but I thought U-boats were known for speed and maneuverability. So I thought they'd be smaller for sure.

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    • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I feel completely ignorant that I was not aware U-boats were around during WW1

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  • [–] [S] 22 points 2 years ago*

    Unrestricted submarine warfare was actually one of the causes that drew the US into WW1!

    Continent-wide war over the future of civilization? We sleep

    You sink our money-making ships? REAL SHIT

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If I recall correctly, submarines were just coming around during the Civil War in the US.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    The very first sinking of a ship by a submarine occurred during the U.S. Civil War, in fact!

    Both the Union and Confederacy operated submarines during the war.

    The very first U.S. “submarine” was used during the Revolutionary War, but it was more of a one off novelty than a move forward in industrialized war like in the Civil War.

    This also happened in conjunction with the rise of ironclads, with the first ironclad vs ironclad battle also occurring in the Civil War.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    One of the key events that gave the United States the politically-charged push into the war was the sinking of the Lusitania, and it was done by a German u-boat.

    Here's another weird one you didn't expect: Germans used zeppelins to bomb London.

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    • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    1919

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-118

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    • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can't park that thing there!

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    • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Too bad they couldn’t put it in a museum

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Im surprised the tech for submarines existed as far back as 1919

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