Sinking of u boat U15 by HMS Birmingham, 9 August 1914, WW1
Illustration by E S Hodgson (1866-1937) from the history of the Great war published in 1921. Info from wiki: On 9 August 1914, she spotted the U-15, whose engines had failed as she lay stopped on the surface in heavy fog, off Fair Isle. The crew of Birmingham could hear hammering from inside the boat from attempted repairs, and so fired on her but missed. As the U-boat began to dive, she rammed her, cutting her in two. U-15 went down with all hands, the first U-boat loss to an enemy warship
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