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Re: French steamer Harmonie
Posted by: capo ()
Date: August 09, 2006 06:43PM

Yes! I am interested! This part of history is very important for my research.

I found this piece of reminiscence on
"The Luck of Thirteen
Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia"
Author: Jan Gordon
Cora J. Gordon

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Pg 373 ...

The Harmonie, empty of cargo, was like an eggshell in the water. She bounced and rolled and bounded from wave to wave, half of the time her screw out of the water. The breakfast did not nourish many. Far on the horizon could be seen the destroyer and the cruiser sweeping in gigantic circles.

Half a kilometre away a periscope suddenly appeared, then the submarine dived, rose once more, showing the rounded conning tower, dived, rose again, like a porpoise at play.

"See," cried the sailors, "how well are we guarded. Outermost the cruiser, then the destroyer, and innermost the submarine." The cruiser and destroyer took big sweeps once more and steamed off behind us towards Cattaro.
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Till now we know that these ships sunk in San Giovanni di Medua:

1. Giovanni Benedetto
2. Triara (or Thyre) (french or greek?)
3. Unione (a small italian ship)
4. Brindisi
5. Andrassy

The last was positively identified. Meanwhile, there are 2 wrecks about 2 miles from port (one inside the gulf, the other on the entrance of the gulf), but I did not succeed to positively identify them.

TIA,
Capo Menders

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French steamer Harmonie capo 08/02/2006 12:14PM
Re: French steamer Harmonie Yves D 08/02/2006 07:45PM
Re: French steamer Harmonie Oliver Lörscher 08/03/2006 05:48PM
Re: French steamer Harmonie capo 08/05/2006 09:01AM
Re: French steamer Harmonie Yves D 08/06/2006 11:39AM
Re: French steamer Harmonie Oliver Lörscher 08/09/2006 05:10PM
Re: French steamer Harmonie capo 08/09/2006 06:43PM
Re: French steamer Harmonie Oliver Lörscher 08/12/2006 09:13AM
Re: French steamer Harmonie Yves D 08/09/2006 08:03PM
Re: French steamer Harmonie capo 08/10/2006 09:13AM
Re: French steamer Harmonie capo 11/20/2006 05:11AM
Re: French steamer Harmonie k j bryant 01/17/2008 10:23PM
Re: French steamer Harmonie Claus 05/20/2008 09:03PM
Re: French steamer Harmonie capo 06/03/2008 02:13AM
Re: French steamer Harmonie capo 04/25/2009 01:22AM


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