General Discussions  
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII. 
Go to: Forum List•Message List•New Topic•Search•Log In•Print View
RE: Winston Churchill\\\'s Speech, U-boat War 1939
Posted by: Bill Watt ()
Date: November 24, 2000 09:41AM

<HTML>Hope the following is of help
On Sept 11 1939 about 400 miles north-west of Scotland, the ss Firby, 4869t
(Ropner Shipping Co.) the Tyne to Port Churchill was sunk by torpedo and
gunfire from U-48.
Source - Britain\'s Sea War - A Diary of Ship Losses 1939-1945

Herbert Schultze (U-48) then radioed in clear - \"Transmit to Mr Churchill.
I Have Sunk the British Ship Firby. Posit Fifty-Nine Degrees Forty Minutes
North, Thirteen Degrees Fifty Minutes West. Save The Crew If You Please.
German Submarine.\"
snip

Wrongly believing that U-39 (Gerhard Glattes) had earlier sunk Firby - and
sent the personal message to Churchill to pick up her survivors - Churchill
boasted in a public speech that the culprit had been captured.
Source -Hitler\'s U-Boat War.
ISBN 0-304-35260-8

Regards,

Bill

</HTML>

Options: Reply•Quote


Subject Written By Posted
Winston Churchill\'s Speech, U-boat War 1939. Terry Andrews. 11/23/2000 07:46PM
RE: Winston Churchill\\\'s Speech, U-boat War 1939 Andrew Mair 11/23/2000 08:30PM
RE: Winston Churchill\\\\\\\'s Speech, U-boat War Anders Wingren 11/23/2000 08:49PM
RE: Winston Churchill\\\'s Speech, U-boat War 1939 MPC 11/23/2000 08:40PM
RE: Winston Churchill\\\\\\\'s Speech, U-boat War Dakota 11/23/2000 10:06PM
RE: Winston Churchill\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Speech, U-b me109g 11/24/2000 10:27PM
RE: Winston Churchill\\\'s Speech, U-boat War 1939 Bill Watt 11/24/2000 09:41AM
RE: Winston Churchill\\\\\\\'s Speech, U-boat War Terry Andrews 11/26/2000 04:19PM


Go to: Forum List•Message List•Search•Log In
Your Name: 
Your Email: 
Subject: 
Spam prevention:
Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.
 **    **  ********   ********   ********  **     ** 
 ***   **  **     **  **     **     **      **   **  
 ****  **  **     **  **     **     **       ** **   
 ** ** **  **     **  ********      **        ***    
 **  ****  **     **  **     **     **       ** **   
 **   ***  **     **  **     **     **      **   **  
 **    **  ********   ********      **     **     **