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RE: Drastic action!
Posted by: Rainer Kolbicz ()
Date: July 11, 2001 07:57PM

<HTML>Hi Walter

The Torricelli had a gun battle with two destroyers (HMS Karthoum and HMS Kingston) and two sloops (HMS Shoreham and HMS Indus). They catched her on the surface north of Perim in the morning on 22 June 1940.
She was not damaged earlier by depth charges, but fought a 40 minutes (!) gun duel and fired four torpedoes at her attackers. She hit the Shoreham with one 10cm shell and the Karthoum with splinters, which caused a torpedo to explode. The destroyer caught fire and was lost.

A surfaced U-boat was not an easy target and you had to take "drastic action" to get the crew out of it.
Other actions should be mentioned:
U-405 vs. USS Borie
U-333 vs. HMS Crocus

Regards
Rainer
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Drastic action! Arnaldo S. 07/10/2001 06:38PM
RE: Drastic action! MPC 07/10/2001 07:20PM
RE: Drastic action! walter M. 07/10/2001 08:05PM
RE: Let\'s get this correct MPC 07/10/2001 09:51PM
Who was that and what Uboat? adrian 07/10/2001 10:32PM
RE: F/O Trigg VC, DFC,RNZAF v U 468 MPC 07/11/2001 06:51AM
RE: F/O Trigg VC, DFC,RNZAF v U 468 Joe 07/11/2001 07:34AM
RE:Opps! Joe 07/11/2001 07:41AM
RE: Let\'s get this correct walter M. 07/11/2001 08:56AM
RE: please understand.... MPC 07/13/2001 08:37PM
RE: Drastic action! Rainer Kolbicz 07/11/2001 07:57PM
RE: Drastic action! kurt 07/11/2001 10:03PM
RE: Drastic action! Ken Dunn 07/11/2001 11:37PM


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