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Re: Belgian steamer PAUL and UC21
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: November 15, 2011 03:05AM

Joe,

There really are two separate issues here:

1. Was the U-boat that attacked PAUL UC 21? According to Splinder, UC 21 did stop a steamer on August 4, 1917 but couldn't sink it as a patrol vessel arrived.

2. Was PAUL actually damaged in this? Not sure. It's in exactly this sort of encounter that Lloyd's War Losses isn't always reliable. It's easy to imagine in fact that she wasn't damaged -- shot across the bow, crew abandons ship, the Royal Navy arrives, the U-boat dives, and the steamer is reboarded or towed in without ever being hit by a shell. Would need to look at the file on the incident to know exactly what happened.

Best wishes,
Michael

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Belgian steamer PAUL and UC21 Josephbremez 11/15/2011 01:45AM
Re: Belgian steamer PAUL and UC21 Michael Lowrey 11/15/2011 03:05AM
Re: Belgian steamer PAUL and UC21 Josephbremez 11/16/2011 01:10AM
Re: Belgian steamer PAUL and UC21 Michael Lowrey 11/16/2011 04:22PM
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Re: Belgian steamer PAUL and UC21 Oliver Lörscher 11/30/2011 11:24PM
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