World War I: Dutch ship captured by a German submarine off Belgian coast (1915)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit In March 1915, SS Batavier V was seized as a prize by German submarine U-28 and sailed into Zeebrugge in German-occupied Belgium during the First World War. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Captured by a German submarine: real piracy by the U 36 AT SEA (off Belgian coast): SS Batavier V ship at sea SLATE INFORMATION: The Zaanstroom being boarded by the pilot Zaanstroom steaming past SLATE INFORMATION: The W.3 one of the submarine tenders armed with a machine gun moving off to take charge of the Zaanstroom Zaanstroom steaming past / W.3 approaching / Various of vessels at sea / Submarine & pilot boat SLATE INFORMATION: Pilot boat outside Zeebrugge. The U36 comes alongside and gives instructions that pilots shall be placed aboard the captured vessels Submarine at sea SLATE INFORMATION: The Zaanstroom havin