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Re: Ops off Zululand, South Africa
Posted by: graham winchester ()
Date: August 03, 2009 07:39AM

Anonymous User Wrote:
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> There was considerable U-boat activity off the
> coast of South Africa - much near Cape Town, but
> also north - between Durban and Lourenco Marques
> in Mozambique, a stretch known as the Zululand
> coast. Various U-boats and several U-cruisers did
> much damage off that coast, sinking ships such as
> the Mount Helmos and the Nova Scotia, amongst many
> others.
> I am trying to establish the truth of several
> rumours I have heard. One is of a U-boat wreck off
> the Zululand coast, and the other is the story of
> a U-boat being attacked close inshore near St
> Lucia by a Catalina flying boat of (probably) 262
> Squadron RAF. We are aware of the sinking of U-197
> under KptLt Bartels south of Madagscar and east of
> St Lucia, by Catalina flying boats from 262 Sqn.
> Any information will be welcome

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Ops off Zululand, South Africa Jeff Gaisford 01/03/2002 12:00PM
Re: Ops off Zululand, South Africa graham winchester 08/03/2009 07:39AM


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