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Re: French steamer Harmonie
Posted by:
capo
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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
I found this piece of reminiscence on
"The Luck of Thirteen
Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia"
Author: Jan Gordon
Cora J. Gordon
//////////////////////////////////////////////
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.
////////////////////////////////////////////
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
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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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 |
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