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Re: Q Ship Stonecrop v U boat ? 17th Set 1917
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: August 27, 2009 02:54PM

maccad,

The U-cruiser U 151 was the U-boat in the September 17 action. Acccording to the German official history, she took three hits in her engagement with Stonecrop/Winona but obviously survived and continued her patrol.

I have U 43's KTB describing the sinking of Stonecrop. Bender dived to conduct an underwater attack on a steamer -- quite common with unrestricted submarine warfare. He overestimated the size of his target though and thought it a tanker and thus fired two torpedoes instead of the usual one. It's only after the ship sank that he realized it was a Q-ship. The massive crew compared to the size of the vessel gave it away.

U 43 had also received a warning that night by radio from a U-cruiser that the tanker Winona was actually a Q-ship. The message also gave a location for Winona on September 17.

Best wishes,
Michael

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Q Ship Stonecrop v U boat ? 17th Set 1917 maccad23 08/27/2009 01:58PM
Re: Q Ship Stonecrop v U boat ? 17th Set 1917 Michael Lowrey 08/27/2009 02:54PM
Re: Q Ship Stonecrop v U boat ? 17th Set 1917 Ron Young 08/27/2009 05:23PM
Re: Q Ship Stonecrop v U boat ? 17th Sept 1917 maccad23 08/27/2009 07:18PM
Re: Q Ship Stonecrop v U boat ? 17th Sept 1917 Ron Young 08/27/2009 07:46PM
Re: Q Ship Stonecrop v U boat ? 17th Sept 1917 njo27 12/16/2009 10:59AM
Re: Q Ship Stonecrop v U boat ? 17th Sept 1917 maccad23 12/17/2009 09:06PM


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