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Re: U553 vs.BLANKAHOLM, Aug.18,1942
Posted by: jcrt ()
Date: May 03, 2019 12:56PM

Hi Walter, only other source of this is from 'Axis Submarine successes' by J. Rohwer, quote [1] U553 fired two spreads of torpedoes and one stern torpedo. Only the Empire Bede was hit by one torpedo, she was later sunk by HMS Pimpernel. [2] U553 observed from a spread of four torpedoes fired at 0913 after 56 sec, 1 min 3sec and 1 min 6 sec. It is probable that two torpedoes hit the Blankaholm and one hit the John Hancock. Regards John

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