The What's New Archive
September 2002
2002
29 September
18:38 - Added a new page showing the latest changes (updates etc.) in our Ships Attacked database. This makes it easier for you to track our progress a bit.
- Added cover for book Främmande ubåt sänks på sven ...
- Added cover for book Ofredens hav - Östersjön 1939 ...
- Added user submitted title Ofredens hav - Östersjön 1939 ....
18:38 - Photo gallery update
I just installed a new system for uploading and adding photos to the Conning Tower photo database. Now it's a lot simpler to do this and that will only mean one thing; more photos will be added in less time.
- Added cover for book Åländska sjömän under andra ...
- Added user submitted title Åländska sjömän under andra ....
- Added cover for book Flottenchronik
- Added user submitted title Flottenchronik.
- Added cover for book Ryska ubåtskriget i Östersjön ...
18:37 - Ships attacked database
I've rewritten most of the search for the ships attacked database. Now it will show maps showing the attacks resulting from the searches, and I also added a new method of searching, namely by using the German grid codes (like AE 23) (suggestion from a Conning Tower member).
- Added book review for Hitler's U-boat Bases
18:37 - Added an extremely thorough article called 13 October 1943, 12.22: The End of U-402's Charmed Career by Marc-André Haldimann to the Conning Tower. It covers the end of U-402, how she evaded the hunters the last time she escaped and the final encounter with the Allies.
- Added cover for book Run Silent
- Added English book Run Silent.
- Added cover for book Verschollen
- Added cover for book Road to Russia, The
- Added English book Road to Russia, The.
- Added English book Royal Navy and the Malta and Rus ....
- Added English book U-Boat Warfare.
- Added cover for book Business in Great Waters
- Added English book Kaiser’s Pirates, The.
00:45 - Allied warships
Work is progressing very nicely for this new section, about 4000 ships are listed in there right now with final number probably closer to 5000 when this is fully mobilized. An extended version will be available in the Conning Tower showing each ship in all detail we have.
- Added user submitted title Navigation Sous-Marine, La.
- Added user submitted title Guerra Submarina en Finisterre ( ....
- Added book review for Fly West
- Added cover for book More v plamenech
- Added user submitted title More v plamenech.
11:40 - Allied Warships database
We're working on a new and huge (3500 ships in there already, lots of them with detailed entries) database of all Allied Warships that were in operations during WWII (not just fighting U-boats, we want them all!). If you can help out please contact us. We hope to open this in late Sept-early Oct.
- Added German translation for book Wolfpack.
- Added cover for book U-Boote
- Added German book U-Boote.
- Added English book Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 ....
- Added English book Verschollen.
- Added cover for book Seehunde, Die
- Added cover for book Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918, ...
- Added user submitted title Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918, ....
01:24 - WWI section
Added the following 6 Commander pages:
Georg, Carl-Siegfried Ritter von,
Hershing, Otto,
Lohs, Johannes,
Schwieger Walther,
Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, Edgar and
König, Paul.
01:24 - Added the article The Flandern U-boat bases and U-Bootflottille Flandern by Johan Ryheul.
In addition to the items shown here above we made some 410 additions or changes in our databases during September 2002.