Killer U-Boats (2019, 1080p HD, Documentary)

Draining the oceans reveals the story of the early U-Boats as they took on the Royal Navy, sinking 12 million tons of ships and nearly winning the first World War.

Alex4History Supplemental Notes:
From "Drain the Oceans" series 2.
Narrated by Craig Sechler
Writer and Director: Alex West

Explorations include:
1. Sept 22, 1914 Cressy-class armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy were sunk by U-9 while patrolling the southern North Sea. - 11:44
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_22_September_1914

2. Tour of U-1, Germany's first U-Boat and history of early U-boats 11:44 - 13:48

3. Sinking of the Lusitania 13:48 - 22:07
Reconstruction of Lusitania's final moments 20:41

4. Bangor University survey vessel Prince Madog investigates the U-boat victims in the Irish Sea, heading for Liverpool 25:08
S.S. Apapa, 28 Nov 1917, torpedoed off Anglesey 27:00

5. Wreck of SM U-87 29:25
SM U-87 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-87 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. She sank some 22 merchant vessels before 25 December 1917, when HMS Buttercup rammed U-87 in the Irish Sea and depth-charged her. Then the P-class sloop P.56 sank her. U-87's entire crew of 44 were lost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-87

6. HMS Stock Force, a Q-ship 39:00
Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the chance to open fire and sink them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Auten

Featuring:
Dr. James Delgado (Maritime Archaeologist, Search Inc)
Hans Koerver (U-Boat Historian)
Dr. Innes McCartney (Maritime Archaeologist, Bournemouth University)
Eoin McGarry (Technical Diver)
Prof. Eric Grove (Naval Historian)
Dr. Mike Roberts (Oceanographer, Bangor University)
Steve Mortimer (Technical Diver)