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Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917
Posted by: maccad23 ()
Date: August 27, 2009 01:54PM

One of my relatives served aboard the Q ship HMS Stonecrop (aka Glenfoyle/Dunlevon/Winona) during 1917. The commander Maurice Blackwood received a DSO and my relative a DSC for an action the ship was involved in on 17th September 1917. On the records this is simply referred to as 'engagement with enemy submarine.'

Some sources I have found say that this was the sinking of U88 under the command of Walter Schweiger. The majority however (including the German account)claim that the U88 was sunk by a mine earlier in the month in the North Sea. If it wasn't U88 that the Stonecrop attacked in the Atlantic off Ireland, does anyone have any idea as to which U boat it may have been?

The ship itself was sunk by 2 torpedoes the following day by U43 commanded by Waldemar Bender, my relative being amongst those killed. This was apparently without warning which would suggest that it had been identified as a Q ship - had it attacked U43 the day before but not sunk it?

Any information gratefully received.

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Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 maccad23 08/27/2009 01:54PM
Wrong war, sorry maccad23 08/27/2009 02:01PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Nigel Linwood 02/20/2011 08:10PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 maccad23 02/23/2011 11:27AM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Brian Hemmings 04/13/2013 12:28PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 jcrt 02/22/2011 04:53PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Michael Lowrey 02/23/2011 02:56AM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 maccad23 02/23/2011 11:39AM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 r banfield 08/15/2012 07:17AM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Michael Lowrey 08/15/2012 08:33AM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Nigel Linwood 09/15/2011 05:16PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Michael Lowrey 09/15/2011 06:17PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Ed Symons 04/20/2012 01:47PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 dawn gillott 11/11/2016 04:21PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Michael Lowrey 11/11/2016 04:33PM
Re: Q ship HMS Stonecrop v U boat? 17th Sept 1917 Derek Castle 02/15/2019 12:49PM


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