New A Railway Owned Ferry Inwards Ww1 Tried Ramming A German Submarine... So, It Could Survive Said, That A Develop Fellowship Was Attacking A German Sub

Fryatt who, inwards March 1915, attempted to ram a prowling High German U-boat amongst his 1902-built rider ferry, the Great Eastern Railway-owned SS Brussels.

Ordered to cease past times submarine U-33 close the Maas lightvessel off the Dutch coast, Fryatt - born inwards Southampton too raised inwards Harwich - saw the High German U-boat surface.

It was his tertiary such catch amongst a U-boat that month.

Believing it was beingness readied to torpedo his ship, Fryatt ordered amount steam ahead too tried to ram the U-boat caput on, forcing it to crash-dive.

The SS Brussels managed to escape too Fryatt was awarded a gilt spotter past times the Admiralty.

But fifteen months after his send was cornered past times v High German destroyers presently after setting canvass from the Hook of Holland. Fryatt, his crew too passengers were taken to an internment military camp close Berlin.

Fryatt was too thus taken away to Bruges to stand upwards lawsuit on charges of beingness franc-tireur - a civilian engaged inwards hostile military machine activity.

His gilt spotter from the Admiralty was used every bit bear witness against him too he was defendant of sinking the High German submarine - despite U-33 yet beingness inwards active service.

The hearing, judgement too execution past times firing squad all took house on the same day, 27 July.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-essex-36745439 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fryatt

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