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RE: The anatomy of a sinking
Posted by:
George Walker
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Date: December 28, 2000 05:29PM
Tony:
That is very interesting. It would be interesting to know which boat the old German \"bloke\" was aboard which sunk. I am reading a book titled \"Hitlers Naval War\", and one of many stories of the book, it describes how the Prien\'s U-47 was sunk by the HMS Wolverine. The skipper of the Wolverine stated that during his depth charge attack, he witnessed a \"dull red glow for 10 seconds underwater\", this sign confirmed to him that he hit his target, un-knowing to him she was the U-47 until after the war. When you think about it, counting 10 seconds, thats some explosion! Does anyone know what could have causes such a long detonation? I would be interested to know. I guess it all depends where the depth charge was detonated in relationship to the hull.
That is very interesting. It would be interesting to know which boat the old German \"bloke\" was aboard which sunk. I am reading a book titled \"Hitlers Naval War\", and one of many stories of the book, it describes how the Prien\'s U-47 was sunk by the HMS Wolverine. The skipper of the Wolverine stated that during his depth charge attack, he witnessed a \"dull red glow for 10 seconds underwater\", this sign confirmed to him that he hit his target, un-knowing to him she was the U-47 until after the war. When you think about it, counting 10 seconds, thats some explosion! Does anyone know what could have causes such a long detonation? I would be interested to know. I guess it all depends where the depth charge was detonated in relationship to the hull.
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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The anatomy of a sinking | Tom Iwanski | 12/11/2000 04:18AM |
RE: The anatomy of a sinking | tony | 12/11/2000 06:54PM |
RE: The anatomy of a sinking | George Walker | 12/28/2000 05:29PM |
RE: The anatomy of a sinking | John R. | 01/03/2001 01:28PM |
RE: The anatomy of a sinking | Dave Howe | 01/04/2001 03:13AM |
RE: The anatomy of a sinking | Fin Bonset | 01/05/2001 03:39PM |
RE: The anatomy of a sinking | Rainer Bruns | 01/05/2001 04:13PM |
RE: The anatomy of a sinking | Tom Iwanski | 01/16/2001 01:58PM |
RE: The anatomy of a sinking | Rainer Bruns | 01/16/2001 11:36PM |