Keywords: Hulk Acheron with subs Kiel.jpg German Imperial Navy submarines at Kiel Schleswig-Holstein Germany before the First World War The boats are U 13 U 5 U 11 U 3 and U 16 first row l-r ; U 9 U 12 U 5 and U second row l-r To the left of U 9 are the torpedo boat S 99 and the hulk Acheron The Acheron had been the frigate SMS Moltke I commissioned in 1878 After decommissioning she was renamed on 28 October 1911 and used as a barracks ship for submarine crews at Kiel She was finally scrapped in 1920 A battlecruiser or battleship is visible in the background LOC-image ggbain 18519 1911-1914 German postcard via Bain News Service frame removed PD-USGov German Type U 3 submarine German Type U 5 submarine German Type U 9 submarine German Type U 13 submarine SM U 16 submarine 1911 Acheron ship 1878 |