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Re: What is noticeable in this U-Boat?
Posted by: Antonio Veiga ()
Date: December 11, 2001 08:38PM

<HTML>Hi all

Thanks for your posts


Op-16-Z
Copy No. 29 of 49
NAVY DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS WASHINGTON
FINAL REPORT &#8211; G/SERIAL 45
REPORT ON THE INTERROGATION OF SURVIVORS FROM U-233
SUNK 5 JULY 1944

CHAPTER V. EARLY HISTORY OF U-233
COMMISSIONING

U-233 was commissioned at Germania Werft, Kiel, on 22 September 1943.

"This photograph, recovered from POW personal effects, is believed to be of U-233's commissioning. U-233's conning tower and anti-aircraft armament was modified before her first and only cruise."

(Source: www.uboatarchive.net)

What I´d found rare was the deck mounting abaft the flak modified/converted conning tower, like some of you also had.


So despite being recovered from a POW U-233 crewmember , the photo shows U-220 (Axel, thanks for your detailed post).

Best regards





P.S.
Axel, besides U-117, U-515 also carried three 2 cm twins on her fifth patrol (sailed on 1st November 1943) as from Erminio Bagnasco and from US Navy intelligence report of the capture of U-515 (Uboatarchive.net).
(See my post "Yes Sir, I do" Date: 12-03-01 21:30)

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What is noticeable in this U-Boat? Antonio Veiga 12/10/2001 06:18PM
Re: What is noticeable in this U-Boat? Marc Haldimann 12/10/2001 07:32PM
Re: What is noticeable in this U-Boat? Werner Frank 12/11/2001 01:33AM
Re: What is noticeable in this U-Boat? Visje 12/11/2001 10:24AM
Re: What is noticeable in this U-Boat? axel 12/11/2001 10:02AM
Re: What is noticeable in this U-Boat? Marc Haldimann 12/11/2001 12:46PM
Re: What is noticeable in this U-Boat? Antonio Veiga 12/13/2001 10:30PM
Re: scans from Rössler book axel 12/14/2001 07:37PM
Re: scans from Rössler book Antonio Veiga 12/14/2001 08:11PM
Re: Turm III Antonio Veiga 12/20/2001 08:52PM
Re: Turm III Axel 12/21/2001 08:16AM
Re: Turm III Antonio Veiga 12/21/2001 07:37PM
Re: What is noticeable in this U-Boat? Antonio Veiga 12/11/2001 08:38PM
Re: ooops Antonio Veiga 12/11/2001 08:42PM
Re:Only 30 PoW's Joe Brennan 12/12/2001 04:35AM
Re:Only 30 PoW\'s . 12/12/2001 05:54AM


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