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Re: longest cruise
Posted by: Eric-Jan Bakker ()
Date: September 09, 2010 05:39PM

The first patrol with U-196 became famous even though he sank only two ships of some 12,000 tons. But it was the longest patrol a U-boat or other submarine ever made in wartime. U-196 left Kiel on 13 March, 1943 and reached Bordeaux on 23 October, 1943, 225 days later.

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longest cruise Adam Thompson 09/09/2010 07:03AM
Re: longest cruise Eric-Jan Bakker 09/09/2010 05:28PM
Re: longest cruise Eric-Jan Bakker 09/09/2010 05:39PM
Re: longest cruise Adam Thompson 09/10/2010 11:41PM
Re: longest cruise jcrt 09/12/2010 06:48PM
Re: longest cruise Eric-Jan Bakker 09/13/2010 01:18PM


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