HM. destroyer MILNE, Cdr. V. L. A. Campbell, DSO. RN., was on patrol near No.7a buoy when a German submarine was sighted on the surface heading east, at 11.50pm. With the German vessel three points off the MILNE's port bow, the latter put her engines to full ahead intending to ram. UC- 26 attempted to dive but was struck by the destroyers bow before she could submerge. A great deal of oil and wreckage came to the surface and two survivors were picked up by HMS. MIRANDA. These were her commanding officer, Graf Von Schmettow and Reserve Sub.Lieut. Heinrich Petersen. From them it was learned that the submarine went straight to the bottom, the two officers having been blown back to the surface by air pressure, the captain was in the engine room when UC-26 sank. Builder: Vulcanwerke Engine HP: 500 Armament: 2 x bow TT.; 1 x stern TT.; 1 x 8.8cm. gun Owner: German Navy Master: Schmettow Crew: 26 Crew Lost: 24 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. BUB.Chatterton p61-2; SUB. p22; The U-Boat, Rossler. E 1981 p53 & 332

<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

<2> Cotswold Archaeology, 2014, NHPP 3A1: Unknown Marine Assets & Landscapes, Strategic Assessment of Submarines, in English Waters, Project Report (Unpublished document). SKE53522.