Many thanks to FAlmeida! A further note about my visit to U776. We were told to enter by the forward torpedo hatch, and leave at the stern. On the way through the boat, we were not allowed to inspect the conning tower because it was secret. Secret from whom !!!???? Surely both the German and Brritish navies knew what equipment was there. Perhaps secret from the Russians? or just
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In 1945 U776 was brought to the River Tyneyne at Newcastle. I layed truant from school to go aboard and inspect her. Her captain was, I believe, Lothar Martin, and I may have met him as well. two German naval oficers in full uniform were looking at shop windows in the city at about that time.. As a schoolboy I was too shy to speak to them of course! U776 was, I believe, scuttled lat
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Es interessierte mich sehr zu sehen, daß U776 besprochen wird. In 1945 als ich Schüler war, wurde U776 bei Newcastle in England zum River Tyne gebracht. Spielte ich Schwänzer von der Schule,("played truant") umsie zu besuchen. War der Kapitän Lothar Martin auch mit seinem Boot gekommen? Wenn es so ist, habe ich ihn vielleicht in der Stadt getroffen. Ich sah zwei Of
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