German U-Boat

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Inside a killing machine: The ghostly century-old images of a German First World War U-Boat raised from the depths of the North Sea after it was rammed and sunk by a British warship

The twin-screw U-boat 110 was readying an attack on a convoy of merchant vessels when her periscope was sighted, only 50 yards away, and she was forced to the surface by Allied depth charges. With her forward diving rudders jammed in the up position and fuel tank damaged, the submarine was then rammed twice by the H.M.S. Garry and hit with several bursts of gunfire. The relentless attack caused the U-Boat to sink off the north east coast of England, not far from the town of Hartlepool, on July 19, 1918. She was recovered later that year and before being sold for scrap a series of photographs were taken providing a rare glimpse of the U-Boat's mechanics.