Catalogue description Folios 298-304: CB number 01446 O.X.O, Copy number 439, UC.35 Translation of French...

Folios 298-304: CB number 01446 O.X.O, Copy number 439, UC.35 Translation of French Report on Interrogation of Survivors, June 1918.

Folio 299: Cover sheet, UC. 35.

Folio 300: table of contents.

Folio 300: UC. 35 sunk on 17 May 1918 Crew of 4 officers and 26 men commanded by Lieutenant Korsch. Five saved were Leading Telegraphist Rauge, Stoker Trebbin, Able Seaman Glas, Engine-Room Probationer Sucker, Able Seaman Klaus.

Folios 300-301: General Account of UC.35. On 3 December 1916 left Kiel and proceeded via the English Channel, Straits of Gibraltar and Straits of Otranto arriving at Cattaro. Submarines of the Pola-Cattaro flotilla, particularly minelayers, are allocated an area of operations with UC.35's centred on Gulf of Genoa. Nine of ten cruises were here. Each cruise was approximately 25 days followed by two weeks at Cattaro for maintenance and rest. Once in four months UC.35 went to Pola for dockyard overhaul and crew leave to Germany.

Folio 300: Penultimate Cruise of UC.35. Laid mines off Leghorn and Piombino and cruised in Gulf of Genoa and off Nice before retiring to Cattaro.

Folio301: Last Cruise of UC.35. On 28 April 1918 left Cattaro and laid mines off Villefranche and Nice. Torpedoed S.S. Deipara off St.Tropez and sank the steamers Pax and Togo off Cavalaire and then torpedoed Spanish steamer Villa de Soler taking on board her Captain and a sailor. On 17 May opened gunfire on two sailing ships and a small steamer, the latter being the patrol vessel Ailly. The Ailly replied and hit UC.35 aft which caused a bad leak and in the conning-tower killing or badly wounding the commanding officer and two or three men. On the order to abandon ship, at least half the crew jumped into the water but half an hour later, Ailly rescued five of the crew and a Spanish sailor.

Folio 301: General Result of Cruises of UC.35. Considered one of the less successful of the Pola-Cattaro flotilla.

Folios 301-302: Organization of German Submarine Flotillas in the Mediterranean. Pola is headquarters and submarines only go there for refits. At Cattaro, 1ST Half Flotilla includes U.32, U.33, U.34, U.35, U.38, U.47, U.63, U.65, U.72, U.73, and 2ND Half-Flotilla includes UB.48, UB.49, UB.50, UB.51, UB.52, UB.53, UC.22, UC.25, UC.27, UC.34, UC.37, UC.52, UC.53, UC.54, UC.67, UC.74 and UC.78.

Folio 302: Officers of the Pola-Cattaro Submarine Flotilla. Names and ranks of various commanding officers.

Folios 302-303: Details of UC.35. Armament and Wireless telegraphy.

Folio 303: Prisoners' Opinions of Allied Counter-Measures Against Submarines. Surface ships are sighted in time to dive. There is a small chance of meeting an Allied submarine. Aircraft bombs are inaccurate.

Folio 303: Recruiting and Training of Submarine Crews. Each submarine carries two trainees who make three or four cruises before posting.

Folio 303: Supplies: Fuel was sufficient for 30 days.

Folio 303: Pay: Details of additional allowances. Health: Folio 304: State of health is generally excellent.

Folio 304: Morale: Morale appears to be very good. Information Regarding Austria-Hungary: The prisoners had a poor opinion of Austria-Hungary in general and the Navy in particular. Some information on Austrian Submarines, Main Fleet, Aircraft, Airships, Mutinies at Cattaro and Relationships between German and Austrian Seamen.

Folio 304: Appendix I: UC. 35: List of names and ranks of crew.