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List of Illustrations Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp, 1935 frontis 1. A torpedo boat division on a trip through the islands . . . 5 2. A French battery shot to pieces on the Lovĉen . . . 6 3. A Dalmatian sailing vessel . . . 6 4. Women “man” the fishing boats . . . 7 5. Fort Punta D’Ostro guards the entrance to the Bocche . . . 12 6. The entrance to the Bay of Cattaro . . . 12 7. The cruiser Léon Gambetta, 12,500 tons, 711 men . . . 13 8. The S.M.U. 5 is greeted by S.M.S. Monarch . . . 14 9. On the residence ship Crown Prince Rudolf . . . 42 10. Decoration of the crew of S.M.U. 5 on the flagship of the 5th Ship’s Division . . . 43 11. S.M.U. 5 at the dock in Comisa . . . 56 12. The Italian U-boat Nereide . . . 57 13. A torpedo head crushed by depth charges . . . 78 14. S.M.U. 14, formerly Curie, during the overhaul in Pola . . . 79 15. The cruise of S.M.U. 14 in the Adriatic and Ionian seas, August 20–September 1, 1917 . . . 80 16. Setting torpedoes in the harbor . . . 85 17. A Russian provision ship captured during the war . . . 86 18. Sinking steamer . . . 91 19. S.M.U. 14 in the Mediterranean, with crewmembers . . . 92 20. A torpedo hit . . . 104 21. Shipwrecked seamen amid the wreckage of a sunken steamer . . . 105 22. A cruiser flotilla pushes forward, toward Otranto . . . 117 23. A mine explosion . . . 118 24. A hit steamer . . . 129 25. A hit steamer . . . 130 26. The lifeboat of the sunken English steamer Kilwinning is visited . . . 142 27. A life raft like those carried by steamers during the war . . . 143 28. Ilosvay, von Scheure, von Trapp, Pistel . . . 156 29. Rest day on board S.M.U. 14 in the Mediterranean . . . 157 30. Illustration of an attack on a convoy by U-14 . . . 162 31. A “harmless” steamer, but the U-boat’s downfall . . . 168 32. The trip home toward Pola . . . 169 33. S.M.U. 5 sunk by an encounter with mines . . . 181 34. Thanks to her design, a German U-boat that ran into a mine could reach home in this condition . . . 182 viii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ...

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