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Re: Sinking of Gibraltar
Posted by:
Islandman
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Date: November 27, 2013 08:40PM
Hello Oliver,
Yes, that was my first thought after I started going through the records and it became clear that no U-Boats were sunk or operational (I am an absolute beginner, so please excuse any mistakes!).
I checked British naval records and there are no sinkings of a British sub in that area. Also there are no details of a French sub being sunk.
I have no doubt that shots were fired, but these were fired at quite a long distance and I think that the gunners had no idea what they were maybe firing at or how they could tell whether a sub was sunk. They were probably looking at a distance of 4-5 kms.
Were there any other German submarines operational in that area? I was thinking of U64 or U65.
Charles
Yes, that was my first thought after I started going through the records and it became clear that no U-Boats were sunk or operational (I am an absolute beginner, so please excuse any mistakes!).
I checked British naval records and there are no sinkings of a British sub in that area. Also there are no details of a French sub being sunk.
I have no doubt that shots were fired, but these were fired at quite a long distance and I think that the gunners had no idea what they were maybe firing at or how they could tell whether a sub was sunk. They were probably looking at a distance of 4-5 kms.
Were there any other German submarines operational in that area? I was thinking of U64 or U65.
Charles
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Sinking of Gibraltar | Islandman | 11/27/2013 04:19PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Islandman | 11/27/2013 06:14PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Oliver Lörscher | 11/27/2013 06:29PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Islandman | 11/27/2013 08:40PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Oliver Lörscher | 11/28/2013 11:07PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Islandman | 11/29/2013 01:20AM |
Re: Sinking off Gibraltar | Islandman | 12/08/2013 05:35PM |
Re: Sinking off Gibraltar | Oliver Lörscher | 12/09/2013 10:48PM |
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Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Charles Yates | 04/12/2016 02:59PM |
Re: Sinking of Gibraltar | Jessica | 06/21/2017 04:05PM |