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Re: UB 22 mystery
Posted by:
Michael Lowrey
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Date: November 20, 2007 02:17AM
Dennis,
Yeah, that would be nice. Unfortunately, documentation of what pieces ended up on which boat just isn't know to exist. Some documents simply were discarded at some point along the way, others were destroyed during WWII. And to take it even a step further, we're not even completely sure what ended up happening to all of the surrendered U-boats.
In fact it's an issue even for WWI British submarines, as I've come to find out from being involved in efforts to identify RN submarine wrecks of that era. Divers have supplied me with part numbers and there too I have nothing to match them up against in British archives.
Best wishes,
Michael
Yeah, that would be nice. Unfortunately, documentation of what pieces ended up on which boat just isn't know to exist. Some documents simply were discarded at some point along the way, others were destroyed during WWII. And to take it even a step further, we're not even completely sure what ended up happening to all of the surrendered U-boats.
In fact it's an issue even for WWI British submarines, as I've come to find out from being involved in efforts to identify RN submarine wrecks of that era. Divers have supplied me with part numbers and there too I have nothing to match them up against in British archives.
Best wishes,
Michael
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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UB 22 mystery | Des Fforde | 10/04/2007 09:47AM |
Re: UB 22 mystery | douglas crane | 11/03/2007 07:09AM |
Re: UB 22 mystery | Michael Lowrey | 11/04/2007 09:24AM |
Re: UB 22 mystery | Dennis | 11/19/2007 09:43PM |
Re: UB 22 mystery | Michael Lowrey | 11/20/2007 02:17AM |