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NZ U0Boat-Minimum sub crew numbers
Posted by: Jerry Cornford ()
Date: April 18, 2009 03:01AM

I've floated this in the Technical pages with no result. We heard before Xmas about U-196 possibly being discovered off New Zealand and local tales of 13 adults and 3 children being seen going ashore and being absorbed by the local population. Given that 196 sailed from Penang/Singapore, what would be the minimum crew number required to sail her to New Zealand ? and if it was more than 13 (which included some women according to the NZ report) how would a full sub crew, plus the extra adults and children have melded into the small local community without being noticed?. It's possible a German Raider may have been standing bye, but that makes no sense as the whole party which supposedly landed in NZ could have landed from a Raider without the need for any U Boat. Just a thought.
Jerry Cornford

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NZ U0Boat-Minimum sub crew numbers Jerry Cornford 04/18/2009 03:01AM
Re: NZ U0Boat-Minimum sub crew numbers ROBERT M. 04/18/2009 09:42AM
Re: NZ U0Boat-Minimum sub crew numbers Packhorse 05/16/2009 08:27AM
Re: NZ U0Boat-Minimum sub crew numbers Jerry Cornford 05/19/2009 12:26AM


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