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RE: Drastic action!
Posted by: walter M. ()
Date: July 10, 2001 08:05PM

<HTML>Dear Arnaldo,
the top brass who gave that order was not fully aware of the risks involved. A damaged submarine surfacing was a dangerous thing to deal with. She could still ram the attacker or launch torpedoes.*
When a boarding team was really successful, and this happened only four times in the whole war (RSM Galilei, U110, U505 and U559**), the crewmen were already swimming away.
Greetings
Walter M

* reference: RSM Torricelli (sunk) versus HMS Karthoum (sunk) and HMS Shoreham (damaged)
** One brave British sailor (A. Fasson, St George Cross) lost his life trapped inside that sinking U-boat
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Subject Written By Posted
Drastic action! Arnaldo S. 07/10/2001 06:38PM
RE: Drastic action! MPC 07/10/2001 07:20PM
RE: Drastic action! walter M. 07/10/2001 08:05PM
RE: Let\'s get this correct MPC 07/10/2001 09:51PM
Who was that and what Uboat? adrian 07/10/2001 10:32PM
RE: F/O Trigg VC, DFC,RNZAF v U 468 MPC 07/11/2001 06:51AM
RE: F/O Trigg VC, DFC,RNZAF v U 468 Joe 07/11/2001 07:34AM
RE:Opps! Joe 07/11/2001 07:41AM
RE: Let\'s get this correct walter M. 07/11/2001 08:56AM
RE: please understand.... MPC 07/13/2001 08:37PM
RE: Drastic action! Rainer Kolbicz 07/11/2001 07:57PM
RE: Drastic action! kurt 07/11/2001 10:03PM
RE: Drastic action! Ken Dunn 07/11/2001 11:37PM


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