May 13, 1916
Austro-Hungarian submarine U-6, 273 tons, becomes fouled in nets set by Italian drifter Calistoga. Her captain, Hugo von Falkhausan, surfaces in an attempt to cut the u-boat free, but one of his propellers becomes entangled, rendering the boat unable to submerge again. Calistoga is soon joined by two other drifters, Dulcie Doris and Evening Star II. Von Falkhausen orders the code books thrown overboard and scuttles his boat. He and his crew all survive, and spend the rest of the war as prisoners of the Italians.
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