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Re: Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat
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David H
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Date: July 15, 2005 08:02PM
Brian
Well, yes I suppose it is possible - but it would mean that the year is wrong (this Hesperus was lost in 1915, a three year difference) - and it was not a trawler, but a small sailing smack .... perhaps Councillor McGinnis has more details?
If it really was this one, then she was in company with another smack, appropriately named 'Fisherman' (just 24 tons),37 miles ENE of Lowestoft when the submarine 'UB-17' closed, ordered the crews into the boats, and then placed explosives onboard to sink them. All the crew made it safely ashore.
Well, yes I suppose it is possible - but it would mean that the year is wrong (this Hesperus was lost in 1915, a three year difference) - and it was not a trawler, but a small sailing smack .... perhaps Councillor McGinnis has more details?
If it really was this one, then she was in company with another smack, appropriately named 'Fisherman' (just 24 tons),37 miles ENE of Lowestoft when the submarine 'UB-17' closed, ordered the crews into the boats, and then placed explosives onboard to sink them. All the crew made it safely ashore.
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Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat | brianbdonald@hotmail.com | 07/15/2005 11:34AM |
Re: Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat | David H | 07/15/2005 01:15PM |
Re: Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat | brianbdonald@hotmail.com | 07/15/2005 07:21PM |
Re: Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat | David H | 07/15/2005 08:02PM |
Re: Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat | Dänemark | 07/15/2005 08:05PM |
Re: Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat | Dänemark | 07/15/2005 08:09PM |
Re: Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat | brianbdonald@hotmail.com | 07/17/2005 06:47PM |
Re: Seeking info on S.S. Hesperus sinking in 1918 by U-Boat | Randall S | 12/21/2015 07:25AM |