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Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2.
Posted by: Salty ()
Date: January 20, 2002 11:46PM

<HTML>Re the "Baralong". There was a book published about it called "Baralong- a naval war crime" i can't remember the exact title or author , cox or something like that.

Anyway, in the book survivors of the "Cyprian" were interviewed as were survivors of "Baralong"'s crew. Apparently discipline on board the Q ship "Baralong" was slack, the crew was drunk most of the time, the captain, Herbert, shoot the Uboat skipper in the face at point blank range after he was brought to him as a prisoner, some of the crew of the "Cyprian" joined in the hunt for the Uboat survivors onboard the "Cyprian" and the ship's carpenter of the "Cyprian" ( a civilian) personally shot one of the german prisoners in the face.

The bodies of the murdered germans were "mistreated" (body parts souveniered)

All this was in stark contrast to the behaviour of the Uboat crew who correctly stopped "Cyprian" according to naval regulations, saw to the safety of the crew, and only then sent a boarding party over to scuttle the ship.

regards Salty..</HTML>

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British Atrocities - WW1 and 2. John Griffiths 01/20/2002 12:37PM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2 - some more. John Griffiths 01/20/2002 05:46PM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2 - some more. Joe Brennan 01/22/2002 04:24AM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2 - some more. John Griffiths 01/22/2002 05:58PM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2. Innes McCartney 01/20/2002 06:03PM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2. Torlef 01/20/2002 07:54PM
not wanting to stir the waters but kurt 01/21/2002 11:26PM
In the waters..... Torlef 01/22/2002 08:33AM
Re: not wanting to stir the waters but John Griffiths 01/22/2002 06:04PM
Re: not wanting to stir the waters but Rainer Bruns 01/22/2002 07:51PM
Re: not wanting to stir the waters but kurt 01/22/2002 09:28PM
Baralong Story Dave McQueen 01/23/2002 11:56AM
Re: Baralong Story kurt 01/23/2002 08:13PM
Re: Baralong Story Dave McQueen 01/23/2002 10:53PM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2. Salty 01/20/2002 11:46PM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2. Salty 01/21/2002 12:11AM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2. oliver 01/22/2002 09:31AM
Re: British Atrocities - WW1 and 2. MPC 01/23/2002 11:10PM


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