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Rotorua sunk by U-96
Posted by: Billy1963 ()
Date: December 30, 2013 07:22PM

I have read several sources stating two crewmembers from the Rotorua were taken prisoner by U-96. Problem is I can find no hard evidence to back this up. There is no mention of this in the official Survivors Report from the ship, nor are there any records held at The National Archives at Kew in BT372, which lists Merchant Navy prisoners of war by ship. Does anyone know if there is a German BDU report to confirm any men were taken from one of the lifeboats and if so what happened to them.

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Rotorua sunk by U-96 Billy1963 12/30/2013 07:22PM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 jcrt 12/31/2013 02:36PM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 vito 01/01/2014 10:00AM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 Billy1963 01/01/2014 12:44PM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 Rainer 01/02/2014 07:41PM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 Anita Forde 08/02/2014 07:18PM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 Julie Cooney 10/25/2014 03:49PM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 Billy1963 01/03/2014 01:33PM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 Maureen Bezzant 01/03/2014 05:01PM
Re: Rotorua sunk by U-96 rodseth 12/04/2015 01:47PM


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