Researching a passenger on the Highland Brigade enroute from Brazil to England, some days out of Bermuda the ship was stopped as lookouts noticed a raft floating in the water. Upon examination with binoculars it was said to have in it an unopened attache case. The raft was treated as it it was some kind of booby-trap, that is the Captain refused to lower a boat to check it out. As the raft starte
Forum: Technology and Operations

Recently reading about the voyage of the Highland Brigade enroute from America to England, an incident is revealed whereby the ship stopped as it came across a raft in the water with an open attache case in it and nothing else. The comment was made at the time that the Captain of the ship would not permit anyone to enter the water or in fact go near the object for fear that it may have been booby
Forum: General Discussions

U-229 was lost of Greenland having been sunk by HMS Keppel on the 22nd of September, 1943. U-229 has sunk the M.V. Vaalaren on the 5th of April, 1943 with loss of all life. I am researching one of the passengers of the Vaalaren and would like to gather as much information on U-229 as is possible. I have seen all that is on the U-boat net but have failed to fond a photo of the boat. Could anyone s
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