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#GERMAN SUBMARINE TRIAL#

Allied forces lost more than 12,850,000 tons of goods due to the U-boat campaign. German subs would sink more than 5,000 ships over the course of the war and lose 178 submarines to enemy actions. U-17 would sink the first merchant vessel of the war on Oct. 5, 1914, the HMS Pathfinder became the first ship to be sunk by a submarine using a self-propelled torpedo.

The SM U-19: This U-boat changed the engine design for submarines.Īt the start of World War I, the German navy had 48 submarines, but by the end of the war, this number would grow to 375.

The Forelle: The Forelle was sold to Russia and used in the Russo-Japanese War.

The Brandtaucher: The Brandtaucher was located in 1887 and raised, and it can be seen on display today.

Improvements continued with the SM U-19, which would be built in 1912 with a more powerful diesel engine. This would be followed by the SM U-1, the first submarine to be commissioned by the German government only one of these would be built before this model was quickly replaced by the SM-2 in 1908, doubling the number of torpedo tubes. It wouldn't be until 1903 that the first fully functional German submarine was created, the Forelle. The three-man Brandtaucher sank in the harbor of Kiel, which would become one of Germany's major cruise departure ports. Germany first started testing submarines in 1851.

The U-boat was a highly versatile ship and could be found around major port cities, cruise destinations, inland seaways, and the open sea. U-boats were used for many different tasks, including fighting, spying, commerce raiding, and enforcing blockades. He now serves as leader of the opposition in the Knesset, Israel's parliament.The word "U-boat" comes from the German word "Unterseeboot," which translates to "undersea boat." Though the term has applied to many different submarines, it often evokes images of war vessels used during World War I and World War II.

He served as prime minister from 2009 until last year, when he was unseated by a coalition of his opponents following a fourth parliamentary election in two years.

#GERMAN SUBMARINE TRIAL#

Netanyahu is currently on trial in three other corruption cases and has denied any wrongdoing. Gantz said on Twitter after the vote that launching the investigation is of “the highest security need, and a clear message that you cannot play with Israel's defense.”įormer Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak on Sunday called the matter “the most serious corruption scandal in Israel’s history.” Anti-Netanyahu protesters who demonstrated outside his Jerusalem residence until his ouster from office last year had called for an investigation into his role in the submarine scandal. The approval of a state investigation came more than a year after Defense Minister Benny Gantz authorized a probe into Netanyahu's role in the affair. Nitzan Horowitz, Israel's health minister and a Cabinet member, said the government investigation “is a critical step in the fight against corruption and is essential for the defense establishment.”

The state commission of inquiry has sweeping authority to investigate and summon witnesses, and its recommendations typically guide government policy.

“Our sole consideration is the security of Israel.” "The processes for defense acquisitions in this government are clean of outside considerations," Bennett said at the start of Sunday's Cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett abstained. The Cabinet authorized establishing a state investigation into the case by vote. The former prime minister was questioned, but not named as a suspect, in the scandal, referred to in Hebrew as “ Case 3000.” The graft scandal surrounds a possible conflict of interest and bribery involving a $2 billion purchase of naval vessels from Germany's Thyssenkrupp that implicated some of Netanyahu's closest associates. JERUSALEM - Israel's Cabinet approved Sunday the launch of a state investigation into an affair involving the purchase of submarines and other warships from Germany, a case that has embroiled close confidants of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.