The What's New Archive
October 2014
2014
24 October
09:23 - U-576 discovered off North CarolinaNOAA has reported (pdf) that U-576 (Ktptl. Heinicke), along with its last victim, the motor merchant Bluefields has been discovered. The wrecks are less than 250 yards from each other. Accordingly U-576 has been added to our U-boats discovered since their loss page.
Also, see this CNN story on the matter.
22:04 - Ships hit by U-boats crewlist update
Added 1,124 people on Allied Ships hit by U-boats in WWII. We now have 75,186 people in that database.
In addition to the items shown here above we made some 2247 additions or changes in our databases during October 2014.