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Re: Karl Eschenber
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Dänemark
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Date: February 19, 2003 11:38AM
<HTML>Hi Philip
Here are some more details:
U-104 left Germany on April 10 for the western English Channel, and on the 23rd she was responsible for an oil track which the American destroyer Cushing dept-charged for half an hour. At the time there was no apparent result, but early on the morning of the 25th in St. Georg's Channel the British sloop Jessamine found her on the surface, caulking her opened seams. U-104 dived just ahead of the sloop's bow, but three depth charges followed her down. A leak started in her motor room, and only her bow tanks could be blown. When she had come up to a depth of 10 metres, the men in the forward compartment opened the torpedo hatch and tried to escape, but it was only Karl Eschenberg who survived.
Source: U-Boats destroyed, Robert M. Grant
He was picked up after 3 hours.
Karl Eschenberg himself told that they where rammed after the depth charges, but I can't find any traces of this other places. I think it must also be diffecult to determine this in the panic and stress when they where under attack.
There should be some more information on this episode in:
The Effect of Depth Charges on Submarines. Doughty, L. United States Naval Institute Proceedings, 61(1935), page 353-357
Regards
Dänemark</HTML>
Here are some more details:
U-104 left Germany on April 10 for the western English Channel, and on the 23rd she was responsible for an oil track which the American destroyer Cushing dept-charged for half an hour. At the time there was no apparent result, but early on the morning of the 25th in St. Georg's Channel the British sloop Jessamine found her on the surface, caulking her opened seams. U-104 dived just ahead of the sloop's bow, but three depth charges followed her down. A leak started in her motor room, and only her bow tanks could be blown. When she had come up to a depth of 10 metres, the men in the forward compartment opened the torpedo hatch and tried to escape, but it was only Karl Eschenberg who survived.
Source: U-Boats destroyed, Robert M. Grant
He was picked up after 3 hours.
Karl Eschenberg himself told that they where rammed after the depth charges, but I can't find any traces of this other places. I think it must also be diffecult to determine this in the panic and stress when they where under attack.
There should be some more information on this episode in:
The Effect of Depth Charges on Submarines. Doughty, L. United States Naval Institute Proceedings, 61(1935), page 353-357
Regards
Dänemark</HTML>
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