Following a military engagement with the British steamer Iberian off the southwest coast of Ireland, an encounter which resulted in the steamer’s destruction via German torpedo, the captain and officers of the U-28 Schmidt bore witness to a unknown sea creature. The Captain of the submarine, Commander Freiherr Georg-Günther von Forstner, who was known as ‘The Baron Pirate’ described the encounter:
“On July 30, 1915, our U-28 torpedoed the British steamer Iberian, which was carrying a rich cargo across the North Atlantic. The steamer sank so swiftly that its bow stuck up almost vertically into the air. Moments later the hull of the Iberian disappeared. The wreckage remained beneath the water for approximately twenty-five seconds, at a depth that was clearly impossible to assess, when suddenly there was a violent explosion, which shot pieces of debris - among them a gigantic aquatic animal - out of the water to a height of approximately 80-feet.”
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