I've begun some ancestry research and was always told a story by my father that a ship next to his was hit by a German U-boat. He claims that his ship was actually pulling up anchor when the attack happened and that he and a couple of his men fell overboard and were fished out quickly by their shipmates. He said that they were the last ship out of port before the Germans took over. I am really trying to find the name of his ship. All his papers containing what little history I had of him were shipped back to his family in Greece (long story!).
Problem is I have wracked my brains and realized he never mentioned the port. I always assumed it was a port in Greece. So I don't know if the ship that was hit was a Greek one or a ship of another nation.
Anything ring a bell? Or was he being a typical Greek and embellishing stories?