Re: East Coast sinking 27 July 1918. Which ship?
Posted by:
Richard Jones
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Date: April 14, 2007 09:15PM
I am researching Walter Rohr's (U-84) attack on the Q-ship 'Bergamot' on the 17th August, 1917. I have found out that Bergamot was operating with the British sub E-48 at the time of her sinking.
Keble Chatterton says of the Anchusa class sloops that their sterns were not quite right for a merchantman, and would not fool a top notch u-boat captain, and, of course, Walter Rohr had already been badly scared by a Q-ship when the Penshurst, under Commander Grenfell, had punctured the pressure hull twice with 12pdr shells. Apparently the U-84 only escaped by using the french tricolour of the captured french sailing ship Bayonne to plug the holes!
So, any info would be most gratefully received.
Regards,
Richard
Keble Chatterton says of the Anchusa class sloops that their sterns were not quite right for a merchantman, and would not fool a top notch u-boat captain, and, of course, Walter Rohr had already been badly scared by a Q-ship when the Penshurst, under Commander Grenfell, had punctured the pressure hull twice with 12pdr shells. Apparently the U-84 only escaped by using the french tricolour of the captured french sailing ship Bayonne to plug the holes!
So, any info would be most gratefully received.
Regards,
Richard
