On August 29th, the Italian steamer cargo ship Milazzo was sunk east of Malta. On the night of August 27th and 28th, the 3,627-ton turret deck British steamer Nairn was sunk near Benghazi (Libya), on her way from Malta to Port Said (Egypt) with coal. On August 26th, the British steamer Titian was sunk while on en route to Alexandria (Egypt). On August 24th, SM U-14 sank the British steamer Kilwinning, loaded with coal and general cargo, heading for Port Said (Egypt). Departing from the submarine base at Cattaro (Kotor, Montenegro), Georg and crew headed into the Ionian Sea and sank the French steamer Constance on August 23rd, northeast of Malta. On August 20th, again successfully evading the Otranto Barrage (between Italy and Greece), SM U-14 headed through the Straits of Otranto, and over the next 11 days sank five ships, with a combined tonnage of 24,814 GNT (over half of her total tonnage sunk). Continuing, the SM U-14 was able to sink the Greek steamer Marionga Goulandris, near Cape Matapan (Greece). On May 3rd, again on patrol in the same area, he sank the 1,905-ton Italian steamer Antonio Sciesa. In July, Georg was able to conduct a ruse on the French fleet that was blocking the harbor at Corfu (Greece), by hoisting the French tri-color the Submarines former national flag, and passed unchallenged. On April 28, 1917, while on patrol off the coast of Greece he sank the 5,315-ton British tanker, Teakwood, which was headed from Port Arthur (Texas, USA) to Port Said (Egypt). The baroness is constantly tossing off amazing bon mots like “Nothing’s more irresistible to a man than a woman who’s in love with him” (speaking from personal experience, I beg to differ but the line is still great), and you get the sense she’d be a wizard with a cocktail shaker.With the new and improved SM U-14 back in action, from April to October 1917, Georg sank 11 vessels with a total of 45,669 GNT (gross nautical tonnage). I’ve always loved Maria-what kind of monster wouldn’t?-but when I rewatched the film recently with my family, as summer tradition dictates, I was struck by how witty and, well, cool the baroness was, and how sensible of a match she was for the.let’s just say it, kind-of-mean-but-extraordinarily-hot captain.
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Today, though, we’re throwing it back to 1965 with an appreciation of the great love story at the center of the beloved musical drama The Sound of Music no, not between handsome, strict Captain von Trapp and cheery governess Maria, who actually end up together (spoiler-but really, if you haven’t watched the movie yet, were you going to?), but the former and Maria’s rival: the curvy, perfectly coiffed and supremely nasty Baroness Elsa Schraeder. Most of the time, this column exists to praise a real-world couple whose way of relating to one another or existing in the public eye is, in some way, inspiring. In this new column, we’ll be examining the celebrity couples who give us hope for our own romantic futures as we try to learn what we can from their well-documented bonds. Love is a many-splendored thing, especially when you’re gawking at it from the outside.
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