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RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS
Posted by: Anders Wingren ()
Date: March 08, 2001 07:46PM


Hi C.Newport,Derek,& Rainer!

I think it is interesting to find that this British Tanker ANCYLUS,
in October 1943 entered service converted as an Merchant Aircraft Carrier,
a MAC-Ship!

On 25 May 1944 U-853,having left Bergen,Norway, for North Atlantic on 29 April,
was on weather-reporting duties at 30*W,
when she was attacked with rockets by 3 MAC Swordfish from the MAC-Ships
ANCYLUS and EMPIRE MACKENDRICK.

U-853,(KL Helmut Sommer),escaped undamaged from this incident,
and even if the Swordfishes from the 18 Merchant Aircraft Carriers
operating on the North Atlantic and Gibraltar Convoy routes in spring 1944,
never sank any Uboat,
it is a fact that the Uboats had no successes against any convoy
including an MAC-Ship in its formation!

I also find it interesting that,exactly at the moment when Topp´s torpedoe
struck home on USS REUBEN JAMES,the destroyer had commenced turning,
to investigate a strong direction-finder bearing!

Brown:Carrier Ops in WW II.Volume I
Wynn:Uboat Ops of WW II.Volume II
Morison:Hist of US Nav Ops in WW II.Volume I

Best regards/Anders.




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Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/07/2001 02:21PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Derek 03/08/2001 05:29PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/08/2001 06:09PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Rainer Bruns 03/08/2001 06:25PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/08/2001 06:42PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Anders Wingren 03/08/2001 07:46PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/08/2001 08:40PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Derek 03/08/2001 09:33PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/08/2001 10:24PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Rainer Bruns 03/08/2001 11:32PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS C. Newport 03/09/2001 01:09PM
RE: Convoy HX-156 and Tanker ACYLUS Rainer Bruns 03/09/2001 01:46PM


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