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RE: Winston Churchill\\\'s Speech, U-boat War 1939
Posted by:
Andrew Mair
()
Date: November 23, 2000 08:30PM
<HTML>Hi Terry,
Only two German U-Boats had been sunk by the time Winston Churchill made his speech on September 26th 1939.
The U-39 was sunk on the 14th September after an unsuccessful attack on HMS \'Ark Royal\'. KL Glattes and his crew were rescued but there is no evidence that they sank any ships before they were sunk.
The U-27 was sunk on the 20th of September by British destroyers. KL Franz and his crew were also rescued. They had sunk two fishing vessels previously. The \'Davara\' was sunk on 13th of September and the \'Rudyard Kipling\' on the 20th. So perhaps it was KL Franz of the U-27 who Churchill was mentioning?
Hope this has been of help.
All the best!
Andrew</HTML>
Only two German U-Boats had been sunk by the time Winston Churchill made his speech on September 26th 1939.
The U-39 was sunk on the 14th September after an unsuccessful attack on HMS \'Ark Royal\'. KL Glattes and his crew were rescued but there is no evidence that they sank any ships before they were sunk.
The U-27 was sunk on the 20th of September by British destroyers. KL Franz and his crew were also rescued. They had sunk two fishing vessels previously. The \'Davara\' was sunk on 13th of September and the \'Rudyard Kipling\' on the 20th. So perhaps it was KL Franz of the U-27 who Churchill was mentioning?
Hope this has been of help.
All the best!
Andrew</HTML>
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