SMS U-20

SMS U-20, date and location not available.

 

May 1914 U-Boats at Kiel, Germany. SMS U-20 is second from left.

 

SMS U-20 grounded on Jutland, Denmark on November 4, 1916. Several attempts to free the boat were
unsuccessful so the crew set scuttling charges and blew up the boat the next day. This photo shows the bow having been blown off the boat.

 

Another view of the wreck of the SMS U-20.

 



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