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Posted by: Antonio Veiga ()
Date: March 29, 2001 08:49PM

<HTML>Hi Marcus

\"Donitz sometimes sent personal wireless messages to his captains while they were on patrol.When the famous Günther Prien´s wife gave birth to a daughter, the following signal was sent: \"Ein U-Boot ohne Sehrohr ist heute angekommen\",(A submarine without periscope arrived today.).\"



Time ago I posted other \"quote\" in this forum for another thread.
I consider interesting to repeat for you:

\"In January 1943 part of B5 (escort) group had escorted a convoy of nine tankers on a new convoy route from Trinidad to Gibraltar.German U-boats found this convoy
and attacked it, sinking seven of the nine tankers.The four-ship escort was so small that a U-boat trailed the convoy quite openly by day and, at once stage, an officer on the destroyer HMS Havelock ordered a light signal to be flashed to the
U-boat, \"Why don´t you go away?\".
Back came the reply, \"Sorry,we have our orders.\".\"

Source \"CONVOY : the battle for convoys SC.122 and HX.229\" by Martin Middlebrook





When the convoy PQ17 received from Admiralty the order to scatter, there was a
brief exchange of flashing messages between the commanders from two of the ships of the close escort:

Commander of British submarine P-614:
\"I think to keep on surface as long as possible\"

Captain John Broome close escort commander aboard British destroyer HMS Keppel (SOE):
\"Me too\"

Source: \"LA LUCHA NAVAL EN EL ATLANTICO\" by Luis de la Sierra
(Naval struggle in the Atlantic)



Best regards

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RE: Quotes William Engel 03/29/2001 08:20AM
RE: Quotes Marcus Wendel 03/29/2001 03:54PM
RE: Quotes 2000 03/29/2001 05:06PM
RE: Quotes Glenn 03/29/2001 05:59PM
RE: Quotes CM 03/31/2001 11:52PM
thanks (n/t) Marcus Wendel 04/01/2001 11:05AM
RE: thanks (n/t) Clint Mitchell 04/01/2001 10:03PM
thanks again (n/t) Marcus Wendel 04/07/2001 03:11PM
RE: Quotes Antonio Veiga 03/29/2001 08:49PM
RE: Quotes Rod 03/30/2001 04:36AM
RE: Quotes Ralph Langley 03/30/2001 11:35PM
RE: Quotes Binnacle 03/31/2001 07:42AM
RE: Quotes MPC 03/31/2001 05:02PM
RE: Quotes Rainer Kolbicz 03/31/2001 07:59PM
RE: Quotes Marcus Wendel 04/01/2001 11:03AM
RE: Quotes Rainer Bruns 04/01/2001 03:08PM
RE: Quotes Rainer Kolbicz 04/01/2001 07:10PM
thanks (n/t) Marcus Wendel 04/07/2001 03:14PM
RE: Quotes MPC 04/01/2001 09:01PM


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