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German U Boat Sextant
Posted by: Rik Thornton ()
Date: December 21, 2015 05:11PM

I have in my possession a small sextant with the makers mark of H . Haecke of Berlin

On the index arm it has the imperial German crown with an engraved M under which is engraved 443 in large numbers.
443 is also stamped into the storage box.

Interestingly, it appears to have an ivory scale marked from 0 – 100

I have been told that the sextant was surrendered by a U-Bot to the 1st Royal Navy Motor Launch at Harwich on 21 November 2018, although I do not have any documentation to back this up.

I would be grateful for any information on this navigational instrument. I am hopeful that the engrave number 443 may be able to associate it with a particular submarine.

Thanks in advance,

Rik

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