General Discussions  
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII. 
Go to: Forum List•Message List•New Topic•Search•Log In•Print View
Re: SS Memnon
Posted by: Rainer ()
Date: November 10, 2014 07:49PM

The source for this information is Herbert Ritschels "Kurzfassung KTB deutscher U-Boote". Alan Tennent writes in "British and Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses to Axis Submarines" that one gunner and the six RAF personnel carried as passengers were taken prisoner, but not by whom. However, I think Tennent meant that the soldiers were kept in Vichy French internment while the men from the Merchant Navy were released. There are also many discrepancies about how many lives were lost in the sinking (differs from 3 to 7).

I will do some additional research in primary sources to find out what really happened to the survivors of MEMNON. But it seems that the story with men taken prisoner by GNEISENAU is not true.

Best regards
Rainer

Crew member of uboat.net

Options: Reply•Quote


Subject Written By Posted
SS Memnon jcrt 11/08/2014 09:58PM
Re: SS Memnon Rainer 11/10/2014 07:49PM
Re: SS Memnon jcrt 11/11/2014 04:29PM
Re: SS Memnon jcrt 11/11/2014 04:49PM
Re: SS Memnon Rainer 12/07/2014 07:39PM
Re: SS Memnon jcrt 12/08/2014 02:03PM


Go to: Forum List•Message List•Search•Log In
Your Name: 
Your Email: 
Subject: 
Spam prevention:
Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.
       **  **     **  **     **  ********  **     ** 
       **   **   **   **     **     **     **     ** 
       **    ** **    **     **     **     **     ** 
       **     ***     **     **     **     **     ** 
 **    **    ** **     **   **      **      **   **  
 **    **   **   **     ** **       **       ** **   
  ******   **     **     ***        **        ***