I have a duo of Great War novels to add to the listing.
A Sub and a Submarine: The Story of H.M. Submarine R19 in the Great War, by Percy F. Westerman, 1918
Great Britain
HMS R-19
A fictional R Class submarine; 300ft long, 25ft beam, armed with four 12pdr AA guns on disappearing mounts, four 21in torpedo tubes (two in the bows and two beam tubes in the lower central compartment, these were trained fore-aft for loading and then turned outboard to fire to either beam via waterproof connections to the outer hull, a very novel layout), also features a 20ft whaler recessed into the upper deck, 80 crew.
HMS Barnacle
An obsolete cruiser used as a submarine depot ship
Talisman
Armed tramp steamer
Germany
Unnamed
Battleship
SMS V201
Torpedo boat destroyer, class unspecified, note German destroyer pennants never got as far as the 200s
SMS S19
Real ship
U-129
Submarine, class unspecified, sunk by HMS R-19
SMS Kormoran
Armed steamer, bringing prisoners back from the South Atlantic
L67
Zeppelin airship
Denmark
Havornen
Torpedo boat, real ship
Imperial Russia
Zabiyaka
Destroyer, class unspecified
Kuptchino
Destroyer, class unspecified
Plot: One of the leading naval fiction writers of the Great War, Westerman this time sets the action in the Baltic during the 1918, after the Bolshevik November revolution but before the March armistice with Germany. The novel is the usual 'Boys-Own' style action and like many Westerman novels features land-based adventures and German spies (this time a Bolshevik Russian German spy!) and is probably one of the first of many West Vs. Soviet Union adventures. It also features the usual Teutonic villein, this time the Captain of the V201 who won the Pour le Merite for his brutal actions as a POW camp commandant. The R-19 successfully sneaks into the Baltic Sea, destroying the airship L67 en-route and evades the V201 at a submarine net despite German claims they sunk her. The author evidently supports the former Imperial Russian Navy, who despite the chaos around them prove to still be loyal and effective. The Germans attempt a fleet action in Moon Sound and successful trap the Russians but the R-19 sinks a German battleship with two torpedoes and the Germans withdraw. After the land-based action unmasking spy's and more daring-do, the R-19 sails back to Blighty to escape the forthcoming Russian peace with Germany and the winter ice. They come across a convoy en-route and cause more havoc for the Germans, sinking the V201 too, before breaking back into the North Sea and home.
Dave Darrin and the German Submarines Or Making a Clean-up of the Hun Sea Monsters, by H. Irving Hancock, published USA, 1919
United States
USS John J. Logan (DD-?)
Destroyer, class unspecified, armed with two 3in guns, 1pdr QF guns, 30kts
USS John Adams (DD-?)
Destroyer, class unspecified, armed with two 3in guns, 1pdr QF guns, 30kts
USS Asa Grigsby (DD-?)
Destroyer, described as being one of the new war classes so probably a Wickes or Clemson Class destroyer
USS Joseph Reed (DD-?)
Destroyer, described as being one of the new war classes so probably a Wickes or Clemson Class destroyer
Prince
An armed tramp Q-ship, armed with six concealed beam guns (calibre unspecified)
Germany
U-193
Submarine, class unspecified
Unnamed
Various submarines, some have 5in or 6in deck guns.
Plot: This American novel was aimed at the children's market so to say its a 'Boys-Own' type adventure is probably an understatement. Dave Darrin's ship, the USS John J. Logan is an extremely effective U-boat killer. At one stage it manages to shoot down a German Zeppelin and sinks a U-boat by ramming at the same time! The story features an obligatory German spy but he gets dealt with in time. Dave then serves aboard the Prince, a Q-ship which lures submarines towards her before using her six concealed guns to sink them. Dave and his best friend Dan Dalzell then get given a new class of destroyer to play with, the USS Asa Grigsby with which they sink more U-boats. Dave's wife is aboard a sunken liner but they manage to rescue her and she survives. So good are Dave and Dan that at the end of the story they get transferred to the Royal Navy to teach them how to sink submarines!
