If you would email me off board at:
ralphwood64(at)gmail(dot)com

I would like to arrange to exchange phone numbers, and either I call you, or you call me. It is easier for me to talk about what I have found than type it out. I see myself typing for hours. Talking would be more effective.

I started searching yesterday evening, and what I got was just tantalizing enough to keep me at it until bed time. Things became apparent in stages...there is no one "great single source" (except for the weather.) And I still lack much. Much of what I have is conjecture based on what facts I do know.

Here's what I have, but it is all "conditional," and these conditions are where verbal explanation will save me hours of typing:

The British fleet was in the North Sea, heading back to base in Scotland. That made the "general heading" to be "West"...possibly slightly Southwest. However, they were possibly zig-zagging. Still, the overall base course was "West."

That then puts the sub "to the South," since she was sighted off Dreadnought's port bow, and if you are heading generally West, your port side is generally South. U29 was attacking HMS Neptune when sighted by Dreadnought. That orients her basically North...if she is to the South and attacking, she must be facing basically North. Since subs did not usually attack at 90 degree angles, she should have been leading them, orienting her more Northwesterly. So, from this, if you have a Northwesterly facing uboat attacking Westerly heading ships, and the uboat is seen off the port bow of the ramming ship, the most likely probability is to have rammed the uboat's starboard side. See the conjecture involved?

Dreadnought was traveling at 17.5 knots.

The wind was from the North. A gale was blowing. The temperature was in the mid-30s Farenheit. The sky was pretty gray. The sea state was "rough"...possibly Sea State 3. There was intermittent precipitation...spitting snow or rain.

Looks awesome, right? "Not so fast, please." This is "regional" weather, not localized. The source is weather stations in Scotland.

I really, really need to go over this with you. I will give you sources so you can reach your own conclusions.

Please email me. Thank you.