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RE: War Diaries + U-32 + \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Kens
Posted by:
Terry Andrews
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Date: December 01, 2000 01:11PM
<HTML>You just can\'t keep a good secret for long?
just as I printed my last message so your e/mail Fin hits my e/mail box.
you are right the winner is Bill Watt.
The answer was that: This was the first rescue made by a seaplane in Naval History. I have 2 pictures of the sinking of the Kensington Court.
one is of the crew in a lifeboat rowing towards one of the Sunderland flying boats already on the water. and the other is of the Kensington Court going down by the bow with a sunderland flying overhead.
For those interested this is a brief outline of the rescue.
The ship was on her way from Argentina to Birkenhead, she was stopped by gunfire from U-32 when she was nearing the English coast. The 34 man crew were compelled to leave her. An S.O.S. had been sent out before the Kensington Court sank and soon after the overloaded boat carrying the 34 crew members had pushed off a flying boat, appeared and landed nearby and was followed soon after by another. The crew were transfered by a rubber dinghy launched from one of the flying boats, and a few hours later the crew were safely back in England.
Once again congratulations Bill Watt.
Your prize will be \"wisking\" its way to you when the book goes to print soon.
Best regards to one and all
Terry Andrews.
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just as I printed my last message so your e/mail Fin hits my e/mail box.
you are right the winner is Bill Watt.
The answer was that: This was the first rescue made by a seaplane in Naval History. I have 2 pictures of the sinking of the Kensington Court.
one is of the crew in a lifeboat rowing towards one of the Sunderland flying boats already on the water. and the other is of the Kensington Court going down by the bow with a sunderland flying overhead.
For those interested this is a brief outline of the rescue.
The ship was on her way from Argentina to Birkenhead, she was stopped by gunfire from U-32 when she was nearing the English coast. The 34 man crew were compelled to leave her. An S.O.S. had been sent out before the Kensington Court sank and soon after the overloaded boat carrying the 34 crew members had pushed off a flying boat, appeared and landed nearby and was followed soon after by another. The crew were transfered by a rubber dinghy launched from one of the flying boats, and a few hours later the crew were safely back in England.
Once again congratulations Bill Watt.
Your prize will be \"wisking\" its way to you when the book goes to print soon.
Best regards to one and all
Terry Andrews.
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