German submarine U30 interned in Netherlands after stranding according to the Leeuwarder Courant dated 23 February 1917

An item reported that the same day a German submarine was found between West-Kapelle and Domburg with a crew on board of 13 men. A Dutch officer went on board and her wireless telegraphy device was removed. She would probably be towed to Flushing. The edition dated the 24 item reported that the German submarine which stranded a day earlier off Domburg was refloated again and brought to Flushing. In contrary to earlier tiding was her measurement around 350 tons. Her crew was larger as first thought and numbered 25 men. Her bow was slightly damaged. The Dutch blockade commanding officer interrogated the submarine commanding officer. The newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant of the same date confirmed this item adding that she arrived at 16.15 o’clock at Flushing and that she was indeed smaller compared to the submarine which arrived some weeks earlier. The edition of the 26h reported that she would be disarmed and interned while it was not damage or worse weather which caused her entering Dutch territorial waters and so neglecting the Dutch neutrality. According to the Vlissingse Courant of the 24th was she berthed in the Inner harbour.

An item published in the Middelburgsche Courant dated 6 March reported that the German submarine U 30 which was temporarily berthed at Veere [I suppose Flushing] passed now according to tidings from Hansweert the latter place. The Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode dated the 7th calling her U 30 reported that she was the submarine in the end of February stranded off Domburg. She now passed Hansweert heading towards Rotterdam. The Vlissingse Courant dated the 9th called her U.B. 30 and that she recently entered there the harbour. She arrived in the afternoon of the 8th escorted by a torpedo boat at Hellevoetsluis where she was anchored in the merchant shipping harbour.

The Middelburgsche Courant dated 13th March reported that 12 crewmembers went on land, some others remained on board. A second item reported that the U 30 was towed from IJmuiden towards Alkmaar and passed that day the Willemsluis (locks). The Vlissingse Courant of the same date calling her UB 30 reported her arrival on the 12th at IJmuiden. The intention was to tow her via inland waterways from Flushing towards Alkmaar which was not possible caused by the ice in these waters. Towed by the tug Newa and escorted by two torpedo boats departed she on the 12th towards IJmuiden. The submarine was commanded by a Dutch and by a German officer. Five of her original crewmembers were on board of the tug under surveillance of armed guards. Immediately after her arrival at IJmuiden was she berthed in the old locks near the Dutch depot ship for submarines. Her arrival was sighed by a large public. On the morning of the 13th was she escorted by a torpedo boat brought to Alkmaar. The newspaper De Zeeuw dated the 13th confirmed this item. The Middelburgsche Courant of the 15th confirmed the arrival of the now called UB 30 earlier stranded at Domburg at Alkmaar sighted by a large public.

Magazine De Prins dated 24 March 1917

The newspaper De Tribune dated 6 August 1917 reported that the interned German submarine U30 was released due to a court decision  and was lying on the evening of last Sunday at IJmuiden ready for departure.