Talk:Battle of the Atlantic (1914-1918)

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I have problems with the line: Had he survived the war, he likely would have been put on trial by the Allies and very possibly hanged. We should be talking about what happened - not what might have happened. That's really impossible to say.

Contents 1 HMS Aerial 2 Article length 3 Mediterranean 4 HS Asturias wasn't sunk in Jan 1915

[edit] HMS Aerial

The article said that "HMS Aerial sank UB-29 in the English Channel" in 1917. I couldn't find any evidence that there was an Aerial in the Royal Navy in 1917, and uboat.net names HMS Landrail as the destroyer responsible for sinking UB-29. So I changed it. Gdr 22:04, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)

There was, however, an HMS Ariel (an Acheron-class destroyer, launched 1911), responsible for the sinkings of U-12 and UC-19. So maybe that's how the confusion arose. Gdr 17:42, 2005 Mar 17 (UTC)

[edit] Article length

I enjoyed reading it, but the article is much too long. The part about the Lusitania for example does not belong here, should be in its own article. I might do it myself but alas, no time today. Piet 10:21, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The breadth of the subject does not justify the amount of space devoted to this one incident, important though it was. The loss of RMS Lusitania is already covered in the page devoted to that ship. Kablammo 18:17, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Most of the former Lusitania text here has now been moved to that article, courtesy of Pryaltonian. Both articles have been improved as a result. Kablammo 11:26, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mediterranean

The Mediterranean should surely not be encompassed in an article regarding the 'First Battle of the Atlantic'. User: Sanf

[edit] HS Asturias wasn't sunk in Jan 1915

"In January 1915, U-20 ...... and two days later sank the hospital ship Asturias, .."

Believe this is factually incorrect. Asturias was severely damaged and grounded in March 1917, but escaped unharmed in this Jan 1915 incident