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Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941.
Posted by: Platon Alexiades ()
Date: June 24, 2007 08:26PM

Actually the German tanker NORDMARK was disguised as the American PRAIRIE when located on 14.4.1941 by the seaplane from HMS ALCANTARA in the South Atlantic. At the time she was approaching a rendezvous point with the four Italian submarines which had escaped from Massawa. Only later was it realised that the PRAIRIE did not exist but by this time NORDMARK had vanished. The German tanker later sighted one of the Italian submarines and used visual signals to change the rendezvous.

Best regards,

Platon

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US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. tcolvin 06/24/2007 03:06PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. tcolvin 06/24/2007 04:26PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. Platon Alexiades 06/24/2007 08:26PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. paul tjader 06/25/2007 03:11PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. alain 06/28/2007 06:04AM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. Ken Dunn 06/28/2007 01:16PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. alain 06/28/2007 11:03PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. Ken Dunn 06/29/2007 01:19AM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. Alain 06/29/2007 11:08AM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. Ken Dunn 06/29/2007 02:27PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. DanOdenweller 06/29/2007 12:56PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. Bruce Dennis 06/29/2007 10:49AM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. tcolvin 06/29/2007 03:14PM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. paul tjader 06/29/2007 04:29PM
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Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. tcolvin 07/01/2007 08:42AM
Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. Ken Dunn 07/01/2007 02:02PM
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Re: US tankers refuelling U-boats in 1941. john 07/01/2007 06:12PM
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