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Re: Richard Olney
Posted by: Platon Alexiades ()
Date: June 15, 2019 12:06PM

Sorry but no hostile Italian submarines [and no German ones] were operating in the area at the time. They had joined the Allies by then. There is little doubt that Richard Olney hit a mine as she strayed outside the swept channel. The area was heavily mined with two minefields in close proximity, one laid by the Italian minelayer Barletta and the destroyer Da Noli on 30.11.1942 and the other by the 3rd Schnellbootsflottille [S.36 and S.60] on 26.04.1943. It is difficult to assess which one was the culprit.

Platon

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