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Re: U79 - sank 3 ships in one day ?
Posted by: Simon ()
Date: October 03, 2004 11:57AM

Hi Clio,

at 10:01 a.m. S.M. U 79 (Rohrbeck) fired his last torpedo from bow at a range of 600 meters which struck the DRAKE amidships. The torpedo hit the boiler room and damaged the rudder. Captain Radcliffe tried to reach port of Rathlin Island. On that way the cruiser collided with the steamer MENDIP RANGE who managed to beach in Ballycastle Bay. HMS DRAKE reached port but capsized at 17:00 pm.
At 11:00 am the LUGANO stuck a mine laid by S.M. U 79 on September 24th, 1917. There was just enough time to board the boats and leave the quickly sinking ship. The BRISK was heading to support the rescue operations but struck one of these mines too. The bow section was cut off and sunk whithin seconds. 31 men lost their lifes. The other part of the destroyer remains afloat and was taken to Londonderry.

Hope this helps.

Simon

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U79 - sank 3 ships in one day ? Clio 10/02/2004 07:26PM
Re: U79 - sank 3 ships in one day ? Michael Lowrey 10/02/2004 07:32PM
Re: U79 - sank 3 ships in one day ? Clio 10/02/2004 07:49PM
Re: U79 - sank 3 ships in one day ? Simon 10/03/2004 11:57AM
Re: U79 - sank 3 ships in one day ? Clio 10/03/2004 04:46PM


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