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Updated: May 14, 2025
And it was so good, in fact, that to the very great disgust of her crew she had just two torpedoes in stock when the man on watch at her periscope reported a large freight steamer to the west. Promptly the V-l4 submerged and proceeded on a course calculated to intercept the freighter, which presently was discovered to be the U.S.S. Narcissus. The captain of the V-l4 almost licked his chops.
Captain Emil Bechtel, of the V-l4, did not possess an Iron Cross of any nature whatsoever, and as he studied the oncoming Narcissus through the periscope he reflected that this big brute of a boat would bring him one, provided he was lucky. He remembered he had but two torpedoes left, and under the circumstances he paused to consider.
He may not get me with the next one if I come bows on and I might ram him! I'll take a chance. Keep your eyes open for his periscope." Aboard the V-l4 Captain Emil Bechtel said nothing, but thought a great deal when he saw that his first torpedo had missed its prey. He was in for it now; he had started something and he had to go through.
On the very day the Narcissus left Galveston the German submersible V-l4 left her base at Zeebrugge, with oil and torpedoes sufficient to last her on an ordinary three weeks' cruise, and promptly headed for that section of the Atlantic where information and belief told her commander the hunting would be good.
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