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November 1998
1998
29 November
09:21 - Tomorrow morning I'll leave for Sweden to serve as an instructor for IBM in Stockholm. I'll return on 3. December.
09:21 - Corrected the position of U-557 on the Mediterranean map.
09:21 - Added list of U-boats lost to Hunt class destroyers.
09:21 - Added a convoy battle page for HX-229/SC-122.
09:22 - Today is my birthday and I am 28 years old.
Thanks to all the people who sent greetings!
09:23 - Added a nice map on the Mediterranean.
09:22 - Added the nice emblem of U-124, the Edelweiss.
09:23 - Updated the profiles for U-64 and U-124.
09:23 - Updated the info page on the Mailing list survey with the latest figures. The visitors at uboat.net are very positive about this with about 90% stating interest to join such a list.
01:24 - Added a header and did some maintenance work on the German War Decorations pages
01:24 - Added a header to the Maps pages.
09:27 - Updated profiles for U-109 and U-125.
09:24 - Last week was the busiest week ever on uboat.net! Over 2,200 people read the site every day and almost 22,000 pages are read daily.
01:22 -Added survivor information to these 44 U-boat profiles:
U-574, U-575, U-579, U-580, U-607, U-615, U-636, U-638, U-649, U-659, U-660, U-701, U-710, U-713, U-714, U-732, U-737, U-741, U-749, U-752, U-774, U-821, U-845, U-859, U-202, U-866, U-867, U-970, U-983, U-1006, U-1015, U-1065, U-1107, U-1199, U-1223, U-1226, U-2323, U-2359, U-2521, U-3519, U-3520, U-3523, UIT-22 and UIT-23.
09:34 - Added interesting notes to these U-boat profiles;
U-155, U-284, U-373, U-378, U-380, U-589,
U-601, U-626, U-629, U-978 and U-1196.
09:33 - Updated the page on the PQ-17 convoy battle.
09:33 - Added a color legend to the Bay of Biscay map and also added the position of U-326 to it.
09:32 -Added survivor information to these 48 U-boat profiles:
U-7, U-15, U-32, U-33, U-36, U-49, U-75, U-76, U-80,
U-95, U-99, U-106, U-111, U-147, U-168, U-187, U-202,
U-210, U-222, U-223, U-224, U-272, U-300, U-303, U-340, U-346, U-348, U-353, U-357, U-386, U-399, U-406, U-432, U-433, U-434, U-439, U-444, U-448, U-458, U-464, U-501, U-523, U-526, U-528, U-536, U-556, U-559 and U-561.
09:29 - Added patrol information to these U-boat profiles:
U-201, U-225, U-253, U-1191, U-1232 and U-1305.
09:28 - Updated the profiles for the following boats:
U-1, U-2, U-3, U-4, U-5 and U-6.
01:24 - Cleaned up the Kriegsmarine Ranks pages.
01:24 - Removed all Sept entries from this page. See the Archive.
01:24 - Put a Mailing list survey on the front page. I'm checking to see if there is enough interest in this for me to set up such a mailing list. This could be a fantastic tool for all of us interested in the U-boat War from all sides.
09:36 - Updated the page on U-boat anti-aircraft weapons (Flak)Updated the Statistics page. This site now has over 61,600 internal links, and over 1100 photographs.
09:35 - Updated the page on U-boat successes against aircraft.
09:35 - Fighting the U-boats, update
Added a page on the allied A/S Trawlers.
09:36 - Did research on Men lost from U-boats during the war. Hopefully I can open this very interesting page soon.
09:36 - Added a page listing the U-boats that were fitted out with the Schnorchel breathing apparatus.
09:36 - Fighting the U-boats, update
Updated the page on Soviet Naval forces.
09:36 - Greatly upgraded the profile for Kptlt. Hans-Hartwig Trojer.
09:37 - Updated the profiles for the following U-boats
U-223, U-753 and U-1006.
09:37 - Fighting the U-boats, update
Updated the page on Loch class frigates
Updated the page on River class frigates
Updated the page on Castle class corvettes
09:38 - Updated the profile (fate) for U-620 and U-456.
09:38 - Fighting the U-boats, update
Updated the page on the British Mosquito aircraft.
Updated the page on Captain Johnnie Walker.
Updated the page on Sloops convoy escorts.
Updated the page on the Greek Naval forces.
09:38 - Fighting the U-boats, update
Added a page on the Commonwealth frigates.
Added a page on the River class frigates.
Added a page on the Loch class frigates.
Added a page on the Bay class frigates.
Added a page on the Castle class corvettes.
09:39 - Another commander with unusual fate was Kptlt. Friedrich Steinhoff of U-511 and U-873. We have a picture of his grave in the US but not of him while alive unfortuately.
09:38 - Added a great page on Kplt. Wilhelm von Trotha of U-745 who was lost in early 1945 and never found again. Well, we've located his body in the Baltic!
09:41 - Updated the profile (fate) for U-420.
09:41 - Updated the profile for the following U-boats
U-31, U-43, U-56, U-66, U-86, U-97, U-128, U-131, U-166, U-471, U-597, U-654, U-801, U-821, U-846, U-848, U-849, U-850, U-860, U-863, U-921, U-951, U-954, U-955, U-959, U-973, U-981 and U-1060.
09:39 - Fighting the U-boats, update
Added a nice page on the Hunt class destroyers
09:42 - Added aircraft information to about 50 U-boat profiles. I'm not gonna list them all here since the fate as such is not altered.
09:43 - Added aircraft information to about 70 U-boat profiles. I'm not gonna list them all here since the fate as such is not altered.
09:43 - Updated the profile for the following U-boats
U-182, U-211, U-221, U-332, U-589 and U-776.
09:42 - Fighting the U-boats, update
Updated the page on Polish Naval forces.
01:24 - Added an archive page for What's new in Oct, 1988
In addition to the items shown here above we made some 42 additions or changes in our databases during November 1998.