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RE: this one is difficult !!!
Posted by:
Visje
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Date: July 10, 2001 05:58AM
<HTML>Hoi Brian,
The German freighter was in fact the Dutch steamer Kota Tjandi of the Rotterdamsche Lloyd. Lt. Cdr. Geys (the CO) suspected it to be the sistership Kota Nopan, which had been captured by the German raider Komet in November 1941. K-14 flashed the recognition signal twice, but the freighter maintained her gunfire, and then escaped behind a smokescreen.
I have heard a story that an officer aboard Kota Tjandi was awarded for sinking the \"enemy\" submarine, but I can\'t remember where I read it.
About the submarine, I am reading here in Bosscher \"De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog\", volume 3, which deals with late war operations, and also has some details on the incident:
Geys himself sighted an incoming submarine, which could not be identified as Allied. He immediately ordered to submerge, and made a standard bow-tube attack on the target, which did about 13-14 knots. He fired a 4-torpedo spread, unfortunately of old torpedoes, which had a very distinct wake. The sub sighted them, and turned away. Geys thought he saw that the enemy sub fired two stern torpedoes (type IX sub!). Supposedly, one of the torpedoes Geys fired passed over the submerged K-14.
Sources:
K.W.L. Bezemer \"Verdreven doch niet verslagen\"
Ph.M. Bosscher \"De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog\", vol.3
Hope this helps,
Visje</HTML>
The German freighter was in fact the Dutch steamer Kota Tjandi of the Rotterdamsche Lloyd. Lt. Cdr. Geys (the CO) suspected it to be the sistership Kota Nopan, which had been captured by the German raider Komet in November 1941. K-14 flashed the recognition signal twice, but the freighter maintained her gunfire, and then escaped behind a smokescreen.
I have heard a story that an officer aboard Kota Tjandi was awarded for sinking the \"enemy\" submarine, but I can\'t remember where I read it.
About the submarine, I am reading here in Bosscher \"De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog\", volume 3, which deals with late war operations, and also has some details on the incident:
Geys himself sighted an incoming submarine, which could not be identified as Allied. He immediately ordered to submerge, and made a standard bow-tube attack on the target, which did about 13-14 knots. He fired a 4-torpedo spread, unfortunately of old torpedoes, which had a very distinct wake. The sub sighted them, and turned away. Geys thought he saw that the enemy sub fired two stern torpedoes (type IX sub!). Supposedly, one of the torpedoes Geys fired passed over the submerged K-14.
Sources:
K.W.L. Bezemer \"Verdreven doch niet verslagen\"
Ph.M. Bosscher \"De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog\", vol.3
Hope this helps,
Visje</HTML>
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this one is difficult !!!
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Brian Corijn | 07/09/2001 09:02PM |
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RE: this one is difficult !!!
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Visje | 07/10/2001 05:58AM |
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Brian Corijn | 07/10/2001 09:09PM |
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Visje | 07/12/2001 07:03AM |
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Brian Corijn | 07/12/2001 07:06AM |
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Visje | 07/12/2001 03:52PM |
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