DIARY OF A U-BOAT COMMANDER - FULL AudioBook | Greatest Audio Books
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Chapter listing and length:
Section 01 -- 00:20:22
Section 02 -- 00:35:57
Section 03 -- 00:20:53
Section 04 -- 00:22:27
Section 05 -- 00:31:01
Section 06 -- 00:31:02
Section 07 -- 00:22:54
Section 08 -- 00:23:17
Section 09 -- 00:27:10
Section 10 -- 00:22:25
Section 11 -- 00:40:18
Section 12 -- 00:24:01
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Total running time: 5:21:47
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Diary of a U-boat Commander by Stephen King-Hall | Audiobooks Youtube Free
Captain Karl von Schenk of the Kaiser's Navy is a stereotypical German nobleman - supremely self-confident, touchy about the divisions of class and any infringement on his place. He thinks he is handsome, has a suitably manly physique, an excellent singing voice, and a facility with writing. His wartime service related in his diary is a series of triumphs over harrowing circumstances, bringing his boat back in spite of the best efforts of the Royal Navy to stop him.
His one vulnerability is a young lady he meets on leave in Bruges, Belgium. Although she is the trophy girlfriend of a German colonel who could cause him much harm if he were to find out, von Schenk pursues his Zoe with Teutonic straightforwardness. And both he and the reader are entirely blind-sided by the unexpected thunderclap that puts an end to the sweet affair.
Stephen King-Hall, a Royal Navy officer during the war and writing as Etienne, penned this book as if he had simply discovered it on a surrendered submarine. In fact, some editions of the book list the author as anonymous. King-Hall's knowlege of naval affairs lend authority to this yarn of men that go to the sea in ships that sink... on purpose. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)
Diary of a U-boat Commander
Stephen KING-HALL
Genre(s): War & Military Fiction
Ferry | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:44 1 History
00:00:54 1.1 In ancient times
00:01:56 2 Notable services
00:02:06 2.1 Africa
00:02:15 2.2 Europe
00:06:07 2.3 North America
00:13:29 2.4 Oceania
00:14:40 2.5 Asia
00:15:39 2.6 India
00:17:04 3 Types
00:17:25 3.1 Double-ended
00:18:28 3.2 Hydrofoil
00:19:22 3.3 Hovercraft
00:20:05 3.4 Catamaran
00:21:27 3.5 Roll-on/roll-off
00:21:46 3.6 Cruiseferry / RoPax
00:22:10 3.7 Fast RoPax ferry
00:22:55 3.8 Turntable ferry
00:23:25 3.9 Pontoon ferry
00:24:05 3.10 Train ferry
00:24:30 3.11 Foot ferry
00:25:16 3.12 Cable ferry
00:26:55 3.13 Air ferries
00:27:44 4 Docking
00:28:27 5 Records
00:28:36 5.1 Gross tonnage
00:28:58 5.2 Oldest
00:30:54 5.3 Largest networks
00:32:12 5.4 Busiest networks
00:32:47 5.5 Fastest
00:33:34 6 Sustainability
00:35:22 6.1 Alternative fuels
00:37:34 7 Accidents
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SUMMARY
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A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi.
Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, especially if they carry vehicles.
Battle of Jutland | Wikipedia audio article
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00:06:08 1 Background and planning
00:06:18 1.1 German planning
00:09:43 1.1.1 Submarine deployments
00:15:10 1.1.2 Zeppelins
00:17:45 1.2 British response
00:21:37 2 Naval tactics in 1916
00:25:19 2.1 Ship design
00:27:45 3 Order of battle
00:32:38 4 Battlecruiser action
00:38:32 4.1 Contact
00:44:34 4.2 Run to the south
00:55:05 4.3 Run to the north
01:00:02 4.4 The fleets converge
01:02:53 5 Fleet action
01:03:02 5.1 Deployment
01:05:31 5.2 Windy Corner
01:10:35 5.3 Crossing the T
01:14:22 5.4 iGefechtskehrtwendung/i
01:19:18 6 Night action and German withdrawal
01:29:50 7 Outcome
01:29:59 7.1 Reporting
01:32:57 7.2 Assessments
01:40:55 7.3 British self-critique
01:42:35 7.3.1 Shell performance
01:46:32 7.3.2 Battlecruiser losses
01:49:55 7.3.3 Ammunition handling
02:00:50 7.3.4 Gunnery
02:04:38 7.3.5 Signalling
02:06:32 7.3.6 Fleet Standing Orders
02:09:44 8 Controversy
02:12:31 8.1 Beatty's actions
02:14:03 9 Death toll
02:14:43 9.1 British
02:15:17 9.2 German
02:15:51 10 Selected honours
02:16:25 10.1 Pour le Mérite
02:16:43 10.2 Victoria Cross
02:17:13 11 Status of the survivors and wrecks
02:20:58 12 Remembrance
02:23:05 13 Film
02:23:22 14 See also
02:23:40 15 Notes
02:23:49 16 Citations
02:23:59 17 Bibliography
02:24:08 18 Further reading
02:24:18 19 External links
02:25:44 19.1 Notable accounts
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The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War. The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and three main engagements (the battlecruiser action, the fleet action and the night action), from 31 May to 1 June 1916, off the North Sea coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. It was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. Jutland was the third fleet action between steel battleships, following the long range gunnery duel at the Yellow Sea (1904) and the decisive Battle of Tsushima in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War. Jutland was the last major battle in world history fought primarily by battleships.Germany's High Seas Fleet intended to lure out, trap, and destroy a portion of the Grand Fleet, as the German naval force was insufficient to openly engage the entire British fleet. This formed part of a larger strategy to break the British blockade of Germany and to allow German naval vessels access to the Atlantic. Meanwhile, Great Britain's Royal Navy pursued a strategy of engaging and destroying the High Seas Fleet, thereby keeping German naval forces contained and away from Britain and her shipping lanes.The Germans planned to use Vice-Admiral Franz Hipper's fast scouting group of five modern battlecruisers to lure Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty's battlecruiser squadrons into the path of the main German fleet. They stationed submarines in advance across the likely routes of the British ships. However, the British learned from signal intercepts that a major fleet operation was likely, so on 30 May Jellicoe sailed with the Grand Fleet to rendezvous with Beatty, passing over the locations of the German submarine picket lines while they were unprepared. The German plan had been delayed, causing further problems for their submarines, which had reached the limit of their endurance at sea.
On the afternoon of 31 May, Beatty encountered Hipper's battlecruiser force long before the Germans had expected. In a running battle, Hipper successfully drew the British vanguard into the path of the High Seas Fleet. By the time Beatty sighted the larger force and turned back towards the British main fleet, he had ...