Air and Sea Power in World War I by Maryam Philpott

Author:Maryam Philpott [Philpott, Maryam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857733320
Publisher: I.B.Tauris

Anti-Submarine Developments

The navy’s response to German aggression was defensive and a range of ideas was tested during the Great War to protect Britain from the U-boat, with varying degrees of success. British submarines, however, were primarily employed to defend the coasts against enemy counterparts, using smaller fishing vessels to create an elaborate trap, as Lieutenant Commander G. J. Mackness recalled:

When going on these trawler towing patrols the submarine and the trawler used to leave Aberdeen separately well before dawn ... . Also the trawler used to berth in the harbour well away from the submarines so as to prevent any unauthorised person from finding out that we worked together ... . When towed we used to dive at about forty feet ... . {W}e rang up the trawler at regular intervals to make certain that the telephone was working alright.94

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