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Re: UB 62 and the sinking of Hammar II
Posted by: Jan Ström ()
Date: January 08, 2019 08:23AM

Michael,

Fantastic, thanks! I mailed and went to bed, but you answered within half an hour. I could not be more impressed!

I am contacting the Swedish meteorological institute for weather data for a picture of why the lifeboat(s) did not save the crew, but even if the info will be available it could only provide theories. I presume that the crew were able to board the lifeboats, but that is only a presumption based on the scuttling info. How the 11 men perished will never be fully known.

The story of how the body of the captain was identified is a fascinating one, though. I hope to finalise a text about Hammar II where it will be included.

At the time, the inhabitant of Sweden's west coast as well as police and other authorities had ample experience of corpses being washed to the shore. After Jutland, literally hundreds of British and German bodies was found and buried along the coast, including the German author who went under the pseudonym Gorch Fock.

Kind regards

Jan

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UB 62 and the sinking of Hammar II Jan Ström 01/07/2019 10:23PM
Re: UB 62 and the sinking of Hammar II Michael Lowrey 01/07/2019 10:55PM
Re: UB 62 and the sinking of Hammar II Jan Ström 01/08/2019 08:23AM
Re: UB 62 and the sinking of Hammar II Simon S. 01/12/2019 05:37PM
Re: UB 62 and the sinking of Hammar II Jan Ström 01/12/2019 09:37PM
Re: UB 62 and the sinking of Hammar II Oliver Lörscher 01/13/2019 05:42PM
Re: UB 62 and the sinking of Hammar II Jan Ström 01/14/2019 08:55PM


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