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Raid at Goa
Posted by:
Craig McLean
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Date: January 30, 2006 04:40PM
I recently saw a forgetable film called ''Seawolves'' which was supposedly based on an actual British raid on German merchant ships held in the harbor at Goa, India, around 1943...then a Portuguese colony (about 600-some km south of Bombay on the west coast). My question is about the actual raid and not the motion picture.
Apparently there is a book out, which I would prefer not to buy right now: ''Boarding Party: The Last Action of the Calcutta Light Horse.'' The real-life raid was apparently to silence a radio on board one of the merchants, which was sending detailed British shipping data to U-boats in the area, with devasting results.
Does anyone have any details on the actual raid at Goa? Thanks in advance.
Regards, Craig
Apparently there is a book out, which I would prefer not to buy right now: ''Boarding Party: The Last Action of the Calcutta Light Horse.'' The real-life raid was apparently to silence a radio on board one of the merchants, which was sending detailed British shipping data to U-boats in the area, with devasting results.
Does anyone have any details on the actual raid at Goa? Thanks in advance.
Regards, Craig
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Raid at Goa | Craig McLean | 01/30/2006 04:40PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | W Richthofen | 01/30/2006 05:39PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Craig McLean | 01/30/2006 06:05PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | john | 01/30/2006 08:42PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Brian Corijn | 01/30/2006 10:15PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | W Richthofen | 01/31/2006 09:37AM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Heinrich Bruellau | 12/03/2016 06:41PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | José António Barreiros | 06/29/2013 08:41PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Robin Clay, Dorset, England | 07/02/2015 10:23AM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Heinrich Bruellau | 12/03/2016 06:36PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Craig McLean | 02/02/2006 10:46AM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Simon Gunson | 03/18/2006 10:00PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Heinrich Bruellau | 12/03/2016 06:45PM |
Re: Raid at Goa | Heinrich Bruellau | 12/03/2016 06:32PM |