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Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy
Posted by:
Terry Andrews
()
Date: November 08, 2001 03:51AM
<HTML>Hi Bram
I have the answer that you seek! and their is a very interesting story to be told as only recently whilst researching for a future book that I am writing.
I found the fate of these U-boats in official records held at the Public Records Office in London.
In the "Trapartite Naval Commission Reports":destruction of unallocated German warships, destruction of U-boats in British hands. 1945-1946.
The following U-boats are mentioned as being in Japan on surrender:
U-511.
U-219 at Batavia.
U-195 at Surabaya.
U-181 and U-862 at Singapore.
Now in official memo's from the American's held in the Public Records Office, they claim the U-boats as theirs since they took the surrender and a little bit of a diplomatic row starts to ensue between the USA and the British over who owns them..very inteesting reading!
Anyway in the end the British sink them but not before U-195 stays at Surabaya for over 1 year providing some power to the "local electric grid" from its diesel engines. (U-195 being tied up alongside a jetty) as the local power station had been destroyed in previous attacks. I am afraid that if I give to much away of this story my book will not sell?
But continuing wranglings between The British Commission and Diplomatic sources in Surabaya continue for over a year as to its imminant destruction under the Tripartite Naval Agreement, and at one stage even the Russians get involved.
Currant History is not always correct, but these original memo's make interesting reading.
regards
Terry Andrews.</HTML>
I have the answer that you seek! and their is a very interesting story to be told as only recently whilst researching for a future book that I am writing.
I found the fate of these U-boats in official records held at the Public Records Office in London.
In the "Trapartite Naval Commission Reports":destruction of unallocated German warships, destruction of U-boats in British hands. 1945-1946.
The following U-boats are mentioned as being in Japan on surrender:
U-511.
U-219 at Batavia.
U-195 at Surabaya.
U-181 and U-862 at Singapore.
Now in official memo's from the American's held in the Public Records Office, they claim the U-boats as theirs since they took the surrender and a little bit of a diplomatic row starts to ensue between the USA and the British over who owns them..very inteesting reading!
Anyway in the end the British sink them but not before U-195 stays at Surabaya for over 1 year providing some power to the "local electric grid" from its diesel engines. (U-195 being tied up alongside a jetty) as the local power station had been destroyed in previous attacks. I am afraid that if I give to much away of this story my book will not sell?
But continuing wranglings between The British Commission and Diplomatic sources in Surabaya continue for over a year as to its imminant destruction under the Tripartite Naval Agreement, and at one stage even the Russians get involved.
Currant History is not always correct, but these original memo's make interesting reading.
regards
Terry Andrews.</HTML>
