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Re: U-Boat Confusion - Re: RMS Carmania and RMS Caronia
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: January 21, 2009 02:13AM

Daniel,

Where a ship is changes rather quickly. And identifying a ship is very difficult -- U-boat commanders tended to overestimate the size of the ships they attacked, and misattributions of the type you describe happened with some frequency.

Best wishes,
Michael

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U-Boat Confusion - Re: RMS Carmania and RMS Caronia ph0ebus 01/20/2009 07:18PM
Re: U-Boat Confusion - Re: RMS Carmania and RMS Caronia Michael Lowrey 01/21/2009 02:13AM
Re: U-Boat Confusion - Re: RMS Carmania and RMS Caronia ph0ebus 01/22/2009 05:31PM
Re: U-Boat Confusion - Re: RMS Carmania and RMS Caronia reginald rostock 10/08/2010 08:32PM


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