Under her commander Captain Koenig, the German merchant submarine "Deutschland", largest in the world, ran the British blockade of Germany and British ships off the US coast to reach the neutral United States, arriving in Baltimore Harbor July 10, 1916.
Postcard of the Deutschland of Bremen, and the tugboat Thomas F. Timmins of Baltimore.

The German U Boat "Deutschland"

Largest in the World

And her commander - Captain Koenig

Arriving Baltimore Harbor - July 10th, 1916

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Wednesday, August 23, 1916

"U-Boot 'Deutschland' eingetroffen

Bremen, 23. August 1916

Eigener Drahtbericht

Das erste Untersee-handelsschiff 'Deutschland' ist heute vor der Werfer-mündung angekommen und hat dort Anker geworfen. An Bord alles wohl.



Submarine 'Deutschland' arrived

Bremen, August 23, 1916

Private wire report

The first commercial submarine 'Deutschland' arrived today at the estuary from which it was launched, and has cast anchor there. On board, all is well."

Quotation Context

Evading the English blockade, the German merchant submarine Deutschland surfaced in Chesapeake Bay on July 9, 1916, docked at Norfolk, Virginia, and sailed to Baltimore, Maryland the next day. The large submarine was capable of transporting goods such as rubber, nickel, and materials for explosives that Germany desperately needed. The governments of the Entente Allies jointly protested that the Deutschland was a warship rather than a merchant, and should be interned until the end of the war. The United States disagreed, and the submarine returned to Germany, arriving in Bremen on August 23. Deutschland made a second journey, reaching Long Island Sound and New London, Connecticut on November 1. After returning to Germany a second time, she failed to sail again. Her younger sister ship Bremen left for the United States, but never arrived. By April, 1917 the United States and Germany were are war, leaving few destinations for a merchant submarine.

Source

Short Rations: an American Woman in Germany 1915-1916 by Madeleine Z. Doty, page 160, copyright © 1917, by The Century Co., publisher: A. L. Burt Company, publication date: 1917

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