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surface battle 9th june 1917
Posted by: etsah57 ()
Date: December 31, 2008 01:15AM

My grandfather was on a French cargo ship that was engaged in a surface battle with an unknown u-boat.
According to my granfather's notes, they had left the straights of Gibraltar and were heading NW (perhaps on their way to Cardiff) when they were chased by a u-boat. they engaged with it using the one gun placed on their ship, the Aube, owned and operated bt CGT. The captain and the engineer on the Aube were both awarded "Croix de Geurre" for their efforts.
I would love to identify which u-boat this may have been. Any information would be greatly appreciated

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surface battle 9th june 1917 etsah57 12/31/2008 01:15AM
Re: surface battle 9th june 1917 Michael Lowrey 12/31/2008 05:42AM
Re: surface battle 9th june 1917 Simon S. 12/31/2008 10:01AM
Re: surface battle 9th june 1917 Oliver Lörscher 12/31/2008 05:09PM
Re: surface battle 9th june 1917 etsah57 01/02/2009 01:10AM
Re: surface battle 9th june 1917 Petersen 01/03/2009 11:32PM


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