The Diary of a U-boat Commander

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATORY NOTES BY ETIENNE

AND

18 Illustrations on Art Paper by Frank H. Mason.

BOOKS BY ETIENNE

STRANGE TALES FROM THE FLEET

A NAVAL LIEUTENANT

1914--1918.

"In collaboration with Navallus.

Five Songs from the Grand Fleet."

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"We rammed a destroyer, passing through her like a knife throughcheese"

"...they are so black and swift I don't go near them"

"Steering north-westerly ... to lay a small minefield off Newcastle"

"He had suddenly seen the bow waves of a destroyer approaching at fullspeed to ram"

"We were put down by a trawler at dawn"

"The torpedo had jumped clean out of the water a hundred yards short of the steamer and had then dived under her"

"A moment later there was a severe jar; we had struck the bottom"

"As the dim lights on the mole disappeared, the ceaseless fountain ofstar-shells, mingling with the flashing of guns, rose inland on ourport beam"

"We hit her aft for the second time...."

"The track met our ram"

"In the flash I caught a glimpse of his conning tower"

"The 1,000 kilogrammes of metal crashed down"

"Good-bye! Steer west for America!"

"It is a snug anchorage, and here I intend to remain"

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