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The German ship Aud was one of the most famous/infamous ships during the Eater Rising in 1916.
The name AUD is false. The ship was in fact the English ship s.s.CASTRO but was renamed s.m.s.LIBAU by the Germans after capture in WW1. Masquerading as the Norwegian freighter AUD, her captain Karl Spindler undertook an audacious gun-running adventure to Irish rebels for the “Easter Rising” of 1916.
Successfully navigating through storms and British blockades she reached her destination at Fenit. The crew’s effort was undone by not least misadventure and poor communications. The guns were never landed and the ship was found by the British. Under escort and just outside Cork harbour on Good Friday 1916. The captain and crew donned official uniform, raised the Kriegsmarine flag and detonated pre-placed charges that blew the valves thereby scuttling the ship.
The AUD was to take Roger Casement too but he declined. Instead he was to go via U-boat and meet the AUD in Tralee bay and then lead the ship in.
This is the first in-depth study of the Aud which battled its way into Tralee Bay in 1916 but was ultimately unsuccessful in delivering arms to the rebels.