1916, Underseebootsgruppenkommando Gulf of Cattaro in red, KuK
Kriegsmarine SMS MONARCH dated 2 November 1916, manuscript notation
SMUb 17,
1916, Underseebootsgruppenkommando Gulf of Cattaro in red, KuK
Kriegsmarine SMS MONARCH dated 2 November 1916, manuscript notation
SMUb 17, rare submarine-related postal item from the
Austro-Hungarian Navy during World War I, posted from the important
naval base at Cattaro (today Kotor, Montenegro), this item reflects
the operational structure of the Austro-Hungarian U-boat fleet
stationed in the Adriatic, the SMS MONARCH was a coastal defense
ship serving as a support and command vessel in the southern fleet,
the mention of SMUb 17 indicates its link to Submarine U-17, an
active participant in Adriatic naval warfare, this piece offers
significant insight into the wartime communications of the Imperial
and Royal Navy at a time when the Central Powers were intensifying
their naval operations against Entente shipping in the
Mediterranean, VF-XF! Estimate 900€.
