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Q-ship Sarah Colebrooke
Posted by: Nom Anor ()
Date: November 05, 2019 09:47PM

It says here that the British sailing Q-ship Sarah Colebrooke was badly damaged in action with a U-boat on June 3, 1917. Do we have any idea which U-boat this might be?

[www.naval-history.net]


"SARAH COLEBROOKE, Q-ship, 3 June 1917, English Channel - aliases include Balham, Bolham, Meryl (sc - serving as Bolham, ex-Sarah Colebrooke, operating as Worrynot of Littlehampton), special service/submarine decoy/Q-ship, ketch-rigged sailing barge, 158grt, built 1914, out of Rye, taken up 21/12/16, armed with 2-3in/12pdrs, depth-charges and machine guns, commissioned early 5/17 at Portsmouth, Lt C Walters RNR, on first patrol. Attacked by U-boat (un – not listed) near Beachy Head (Mn - 20 miles S by W of; sc - c15 miles off), severely damaged, port quarter and deck-house smashed, auxiliary motor out of action, hull only saved from being holed by reinforced lee-boards, returned fire and lightly damaged the submarine (Mn/Cn/D/ge/qs/sc/un)"

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Q-ship Sarah Colebrooke Nom Anor 11/05/2019 09:47PM
Re: Q-ship Sarah Colebrooke Simon S. 11/06/2019 07:10PM
Re: Q-ship Sarah Colebrooke Michael Lowrey 11/06/2019 07:15PM
Re: Q-ship Sarah Colebrooke Simon S. 11/06/2019 09:06PM
Re: Q-ship Sarah Colebrooke Nom Anor 11/13/2019 08:14AM


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