| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow)/ Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
| Build Group: | K2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in Malta in March 1931 |
| 1922: | Commander | Allan Poland | |
| 1923: | Commander | George Pirie Thomson | |
| 1925: | Commander | Alexander Boyd Greig | DSC |
| 1926: | Lieutenant Commander | Claud Barrington Barry | DSO |
| 1928: | Commander | Gerald Aylmer Garnons-Williams |
K26 was laid down in June 1918 and launched at Vickers 14 months later. In 1920 she was towed to Chatham for completion and was completed in June 1923.
In 1924, K26 began a world voyage which excited considerable attention. She proceeded via Gibraltar, Malta and the Red Sea, to Colombo and Singapore and, after a short stay there, voyaged back again. K26 was taken out of service in April 1931.
How the British navy hid the heroic voyage of crippled second world war submarine HMS Triumph.
In September 1941 the British press enthralled its readers with a story of naval heroism that the public, battered by German bombing and strict rationing, was crying out for: a tale of survival against the odds.
My research involves looking at how the British media covered the second world war. When I came across this story, I was struck by the way in which the navy kept the it quiet for nearly two years.
Autumn 1941: U96 departs for enemy flight in La Rochelle, France. In the steel belly of the submarine, 50 men crowd close, among them the young Lieutenant Werner, who came on board as a war correspondent. What begins as a quiet routine for the company soon turns into hell after the first shelling.
Trapped between fire and water, between fear and despair, between life and death, the crew of the U96 experiences up close the destructive cruelty of the beast war. He's going to change them all. If they survive it.
You don't have to say many words about 'Das Boot' anymore: Wolfgang Petersen's dramatic film adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's successful novel was the first true blockbuster in German cinema history. Das Boot made his director an international star and his largely unknown actors into familiar faces. Das Boot was celebrated worldwide and was nominated for the Oscar six times.
Four years later, the six-part TV series was released, which takes an even more detailed and unobstructed look at the crew and their experiences on board the U96. In 1997, the director's cut was released in terms of cut, image and sound. An intensive atmosphere and nerve-scattering tension created a milestone in German film and television history!
Disc 1 The Boat - Director's Cut (Blu-ray)
Disc 2 The Boat - Cinema (Blu-ray)
Disc 3-4 The Boat – TV Series (Blu-ray) Disc 5 Bonus Material (Blu-ray)
Disc 6 Soundtrack (Audio CD)
Disc 7-8 Audiobook (MP3 CD) Bonus Material: Original Soundtrack, Audiobook to the novel, read by Dietmar Baer,
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How the British navy hid the heroic voyage of crippled second world war submarine HMS Triumph.
In September 1941 the British press enthralled its readers with a story of naval heroism that the public, battered by German bombing and strict rationing, was crying out for: a tale of survival against the odds.
My research involves looking at how the British media covered the second world war. When I came across this story, I was struck by the way in which the navy kept the it quiet for nearly two years.
Autumn 1941: U96 departs for enemy flight in La Rochelle, France. In the steel belly of the submarine, 50 men crowd close, among them the young Lieutenant Werner, who came on board as a war correspondent. What begins as a quiet routine for the company soon turns into hell after the first shelling.
Trapped between fire and water, between fear and despair, between life and death, the crew of the U96 experiences up close the destructive cruelty of the beast war. He's going to change them all. If they survive it.
You don't have to say many words about 'Das Boot' anymore: Wolfgang Petersen's dramatic film adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's successful novel was the first true blockbuster in German cinema history. Das Boot made his director an international star and his largely unknown actors into familiar faces. Das Boot was celebrated worldwide and was nominated for the Oscar six times.
Four years later, the six-part TV series was released, which takes an even more detailed and unobstructed look at the crew and their experiences on board the U96. In 1997, the director's cut was released in terms of cut, image and sound. An intensive atmosphere and nerve-scattering tension created a milestone in German film and television history!
Disc 1 The Boat - Director's Cut (Blu-ray)
Disc 2 The Boat - Cinema (Blu-ray)
Disc 3-4 The Boat – TV Series (Blu-ray) Disc 5 Bonus Material (Blu-ray)
Disc 6 Soundtrack (Audio CD)
Disc 7-8 Audiobook (MP3 CD) Bonus Material: Original Soundtrack, Audiobook to the novel, read by Dietmar Baer,
13 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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