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Re: U-533. A War Grave.!
Posted by: Joe Brennan ()
Date: January 30, 2002 04:40AM

<HTML>Hi All

I'm NOT SURPRISED to read here another fate of U-boat raising in the near future?
This wreck is a WAR GRAVE, and should be left in peace, just like any other war grave wreck sites around the world today.

Anyway, this boat was an IXC-40 Type U-boat under the command of
KL Helmut Henning from Nov-1942 -16/10/1943.
U-533 sunk on 16/10/1943 ENE of Al Fujayrah (25*28'N 56*50'E) after an enemy aircraft was sighted from U-533 and she began to submerge.
The boat's stern was still visible as the aircraft's pilot (Sgt L Chapman) then dropped four depth-charges on U-533 and made a U-boat 'Kill'.
The commander of U-533 and 51 crew members were lost and the solitary crew survivor was later picked up and made a PoW after spending some 28 hours in the sea.

Rds Joe</HTML>

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Subject Written By Posted
U-533. Possible raising. Christopher Hurndall 01/29/2002 01:43PM
Re: U-533. Possible raising. John Griffiths 01/29/2002 03:53PM
Re: U-533. Possible raising. Brian Corijn 01/29/2002 10:06PM
Re: U-533. Possible raising. walter M 01/29/2002 11:06PM
War Grave ? ray schwartz 01/29/2002 11:16PM
Re: U-533. A War Grave.! Joe Brennan 01/30/2002 04:40AM
Re: U-533. A War Grave.! John Griffiths 01/30/2002 06:50PM
Re: U-533. A War Grave.! walter M 01/30/2002 10:52PM
Re: U-533. A War Grave.! ray schwartz 01/31/2002 11:58AM
Re: U-533. A War Grave.! walter M 01/31/2002 03:03PM
Re: U-533. A War Grave.! John Griffiths 01/31/2002 04:06PM
Re: U-533. A War Grave.! walter M 01/31/2002 05:23PM
Re: U-533. A War Grave.! John Griffiths 01/31/2002 06:08PM
WAR GRAVES SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE Innes McCartney 01/31/2002 07:04PM
Re: Just a thought - probably off topic Johannes 01/31/2002 07:56PM
Re: Just a thought - probably off topic Innes McCartney 01/31/2002 08:14PM
Re: Just a thought - probably off topic Marc Haldimann 01/31/2002 08:29PM
Look but don't touch I Stapley 02/01/2002 11:46AM
Re: Yeah Right! Joe Brennan 02/02/2002 01:27AM


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