Captain Karl Spindler was the Commander of the Aud. The Aud was carrying arms to aid the Easter Rising. The ship anchored in Tralee Bay on April 20th 1916.
However, due to an unfortunate set of circumstances the ship was captured.
The Aud sank off Queenstown (Cobh) Co Cork after she was scuttled by her crew. They did not want the arms she was carrying to fall into the hands of the British Navy.
This book was published in Tralee by Anvil Books.