The What's New Archive
May 1998
1998
21 May
20:06 - Added 26 english language books. Now we have 631 books listed in 12 languages.
20:06 - Added 2 convoy battle pages, for OG-69 and OG-71 of 1941. Also added a page showing intercepted OG convoys during the war.
01:24 - Polish became the 12th language featured with its listing of 10 books, also added 2 Dutch, 2 Finnish, 1 French, 1 Swedish books.
20:06 - Updated the profiles for U-133, U-278 and U-572.
01:24 - Fixed some small bugs on the Maps pages
(shifted image-maps).
20:07 - Updated the new books section of the German language.
20:07 - Greatly updated the personal page of
Krvkpt. Günther Prien of U-47 and Scapa Flow fame
20:07 - Updated the profile page for U-869 to state that she is almost certainly the elusive U-Who. Thanks for all the letters on this issue in the last 2-3 weeks.
20:08 - Added a map of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland (one map). This one covers the boats lost to enemy action in those waters.
01:24 - Added a map of the Black Sea. There 6 type IIB U-boats fought as part of the 30th Flotilla. Also improved the layout of the other maps somewhat.
20:08 - Updated the files for the Mediterranean.
20:08 - Added a map of the Indian Ocean.
In addition to the items shown here above we made some 10 additions or changes in our databases during May 1998.