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Old 01-13-2014, 04:47 PM
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1916 German Submarine

I saw in the dirigible thread that Mike liked submarines and it reminded me I have these two sheets for the German submarine "Deutschland." Unusually, it was commissioned privately and later commandeered for WWI. It's first voyage was to carry merchandise to the USA (hence the American flags in the model).

This is from the Wikipedia entry, "Deutschland departed on her first voyage to the US on 23 June 1916 commanded by Paul König, formerly of the North German Lloyd company. She carried 750 tons of cargo in total, including 125 tons of highly sought-after chemical dyes, mainly Anthraquinone and Alizarine derivatives in highly concentrated form,[4] some of which were worth as much as $1,254 a pound in 2005 money. She also carried medical drugs, mainly Salvarsan, gemstones, and mail, her cargo being worth $1.5 million in total."

German submarine Deutschland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Again, PM me if you'd like higher rez versions of the scans.


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