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Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy
Posted by: Bram ()
Date: November 08, 2001 04:21AM

<HTML>Thanks a lot for the good info Terry,

> 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.


Of course You realise that Batavia/Surabaya/Singapore is NOT Japan.


> 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!


What about the Dutch! Afterall Batavia and Surabaya was Dutch teritory ?!?


>> 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?

You could email me

Bram</HTML>

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U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy Bram 11/08/2001 01:30AM
Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy Terry Andrews 11/08/2001 03:51AM
Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy Bram 11/08/2001 04:21AM
Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy kurt 11/08/2001 12:51PM
Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy oliver 11/08/2001 03:02PM
stealing and the allies kurt 11/08/2001 05:24PM
Re: stealing and the allies oliver 11/08/2001 06:20PM
surrender agreement kurt 11/08/2001 07:55PM
Re: surrender agreement oliver 11/08/2001 10:56PM
Unconditional surrender Torlef 11/09/2001 01:09AM
Re: Unconditional surrender Yuri IL'IN 11/09/2001 02:38AM
Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy Valeria 11/11/2001 01:23AM
Re: Unconditional surrender oliver 11/09/2001 09:21AM
Re: stealing and the allies Yuri IL'IN 11/09/2001 02:01AM
Re: stealing and the allies oliver 11/09/2001 09:19AM
Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy Frank Blazich, Jr. 11/10/2001 02:09AM
Re: U -195 and U-219 in the Japanese Navy oliver 11/10/2001 10:55AM
Re: For Kurt! Terry Andrews 11/09/2001 11:19AM
Re: For Kurt! walter M 11/09/2001 07:54PM
Re: For Kurt! oliver 11/09/2001 09:28PM


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