![]() He was on board the SMS Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia, which, together with the SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth, SMS Aspern and a company of 160 Austrian marines had arrived to assist. Allied flags were hoisted over the captured fort.įor his part in the fort Pei Tang offensive, Georg was later awarded the Silver Bravery Medal 2. Finally scaling its mudbrick wall defenses, the fighting was over by late evening. Most men were injured and killed from the exploding landmines. Wading through mud and running across mined land, they stormed toward the fort. After an early morning heated exchange of ship to shore shelling, they advanced under heavy fire. The Italian steamer Capo di Monte, met its end 100 nautical miles (190 km 120 mi) from Candia (today Heraklion, Crete), while on her way from Karachi (India) to Malta.Īs part of a 100 strong detachment of Austro Hungarian Navy sailors, and an allied force of 8500 men comprised of approximately 1800 Germans, 1500 French, and 5000 Russians, Georg was ordered to take the fort. On the same day, the 3,618-ton British ship Good Hope, laden with iron ore for Middleborough (Massachusetts, USA), was sunk. On October 19, 1917, 150 nautical miles (280 km 170 mi) from Malta, the British ship Elsiston carrying military stores between Malta and Suda Bay (Crete), was sunk. On September 1st, Georg concluded his patrol and returned to Cattaro (Kotor, Montenegro).ĭuring a five-day span in October, three more ships fell to the young Captain's skill. At 11,744 tons, the Milazzo was the largest ship sunk by SM U-14 and the largest cargo ship sunk by an Austro-Hungarian submarine. On August 29th, the Italian steamer cargo ship Milazzo was sunk east of Malta. On the night of August 27th and 28th, the 3,627-ton turret deck British steamer Nairn was sunk near Benghazi (Libya), on her way from Malta to Port Said (Egypt) with coal. On August 26th, the British steamer Titian was sunk while on en route to Alexandria (Egypt). On August 24th, SM U-14 sank the British steamer Kilwinning, loaded with coal and general cargo, heading for Port Said (Egypt). Departing from the submarine base at Cattaro (Kotor, Montenegro), Georg and crew headed into the Ionian Sea and sank the French steamer Constance on August 23rd, northeast of Malta. On August 20th, again successfully evading the Otranto Barrage (between Italy and Greece), SM U-14 headed through the Straits of Otranto, and over the next 11 days sank five ships, with a combined tonnage of 24,814 GNT (over half of her total tonnage sunk). ![]() Continuing, the SM U-14 was able to sink the Greek steamer Marionga Goulandris, near Cape Matapan (Greece). On May 3rd, again on patrol in the same area, he sank the 1,905-ton Italian steamer Antonio Sciesa. In July, Georg was able to conduct a ruse on the French fleet that was blocking the harbor at Corfu (Greece), by hoisting the French tri-color the Submarines former national flag, and passed unchallenged. On April 28, 1917, while on patrol off the coast of Greece he sank the 5,315-ton British tanker, Teakwood, which was headed from Port Arthur (Texas, USA) to Port Said (Egypt). With the new and improved SM U-14 back in action, from April to October 1917, Georg sank 11 vessels with a total of 45,669 GNT (gross nautical tonnage).
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