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Re: 14 Sep 1940
Posted by:
Marc Haldimann
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Date: January 09, 2002 11:56AM
<HTML>Roger,
after checking out in the Member's section (The Conning Tower), no U-boat was sunk on 14 September 1940.
The same source mentions 15 U-boats on patrol that very day:
U-28, U-29, U-47, U-48, U-56, U-58, U-59, U-61, U-65, U-99, U-100, U-101, U-124, U-137, U-138.
S/Lt Saunders could have attacked any of these or even an italian submarine... Using K. Wynn's fundamnetal work, allows to give the following precisions which are, I'm afraid, not enough:
U 28, was on her way home from SW of Rockall. She put in Lorient on 17september 1940.
U 29 left Bergen on 11 September 1940 to operate W of the British Isles.
U-47 was W of Barra, Hebrides on 9 September.She then went on weather report duties until 20 September.
U-48 was about to attack convoy SC 3 WSW of Rockall.
U-56 docked in Kiel on 15 September 1940.
U-58 was patrolling west of Scotland until docking in Lorient on 20 September.
U-59 was on patrol W of Northern Ireland
U-61 operated in coastal areas W of Scotland but was on her way home by then (she docked in Lorient on 15 September).
U-65 was NNE of Rockall (she sank MV Hird on 15 September).
U-99 was NE of Rockall (she sank SS Lotos on 16 September)
U-100 was W of the British Isles.
U-101 was on her way home to Lorient (arrived on 16 September).
U-124 was also on her way home to Lorient (arrived on 16 September)
U-137 was leaving Kiel on 14 September.
U-138 was on her way for the North Channel (she left Kiel on 10 September)
Taking into account all the boats on their way out or home, that leaves only U-47, U-48, U-58, U-59, U-65, U-99, U-100 and U-138 out on sea fot the day you mention.
Though I might be wrong, only U-58 was on patrol W of Scotland on that very day and Wynn's compilation does not mention an air attack on her.
That's all I could find with the documentation I have access to. The only way to ascertain the action you mention would be to go after the KTB of those boats...
With my best regards
Marc
Source: Wynn, K. (1998): U-boat Operations of the Second World War, Vol. 1: Career histories, U-1 - U-510, Naval Institue Press, USA.</HTML>
after checking out in the Member's section (The Conning Tower), no U-boat was sunk on 14 September 1940.
The same source mentions 15 U-boats on patrol that very day:
U-28, U-29, U-47, U-48, U-56, U-58, U-59, U-61, U-65, U-99, U-100, U-101, U-124, U-137, U-138.
S/Lt Saunders could have attacked any of these or even an italian submarine... Using K. Wynn's fundamnetal work, allows to give the following precisions which are, I'm afraid, not enough:
U 28, was on her way home from SW of Rockall. She put in Lorient on 17september 1940.
U 29 left Bergen on 11 September 1940 to operate W of the British Isles.
U-47 was W of Barra, Hebrides on 9 September.She then went on weather report duties until 20 September.
U-48 was about to attack convoy SC 3 WSW of Rockall.
U-56 docked in Kiel on 15 September 1940.
U-58 was patrolling west of Scotland until docking in Lorient on 20 September.
U-59 was on patrol W of Northern Ireland
U-61 operated in coastal areas W of Scotland but was on her way home by then (she docked in Lorient on 15 September).
U-65 was NNE of Rockall (she sank MV Hird on 15 September).
U-99 was NE of Rockall (she sank SS Lotos on 16 September)
U-100 was W of the British Isles.
U-101 was on her way home to Lorient (arrived on 16 September).
U-124 was also on her way home to Lorient (arrived on 16 September)
U-137 was leaving Kiel on 14 September.
U-138 was on her way for the North Channel (she left Kiel on 10 September)
Taking into account all the boats on their way out or home, that leaves only U-47, U-48, U-58, U-59, U-65, U-99, U-100 and U-138 out on sea fot the day you mention.
Though I might be wrong, only U-58 was on patrol W of Scotland on that very day and Wynn's compilation does not mention an air attack on her.
That's all I could find with the documentation I have access to. The only way to ascertain the action you mention would be to go after the KTB of those boats...
With my best regards
Marc
Source: Wynn, K. (1998): U-boat Operations of the Second World War, Vol. 1: Career histories, U-1 - U-510, Naval Institue Press, USA.</HTML>
| Subject | Written By | Posted |
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14 Sep 1940
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Roger Coleman | 01/09/2002 08:44AM |
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Re: 14 Sep 1940
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Marc Haldimann | 01/09/2002 11:56AM |