Go to the website indicated in Christina Connolly's item above, and look at the item for 11 February, you will find Harold William Pownall, P/J 114652 listed. Good hunting Phil
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Suggest you contact Jerry Mason at www.uboatarchive.net. He has U74's Second Patrol on-line. Perhaps he has what you are looking for. Good hunting Phil
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The following is from "UBOAT ATTACK LOGS" GERMAN U-BOAT TIME ZONES WW2 03 Sept 1939 – 01 April 1940 MGZ or MEZ 01 April 1940 – 02 Nov 1942 DSZ 02 Nov 1942 – 29 Mar 1943 MEZ 29 Mar 1943 – 04 Oct 1943 DSZ 04 Oct 1943 – 03 April 1944 MEZ 03 April 1944 – 02 Oct 1944 DSZ 02 Oct 1944 – 02 April 1945
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A visit to the site www.bosamar.com may assist you in your inquiry. Good hunting Phil
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Phil
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Jerry Mason has very kindly sent me the following, I trust that it has transferred Ok.
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Greetings. On the following site you will find the KTB in English. Good hunting Phil
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One other section: Phil
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There is quite a lot of technical data on: and its associated sections. Somewhere in there may be photographs. The fellow who runs the site is usually quite obliging in answering questions. Good hunting Phil
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You have a long but interesting tour ahead of you. I suggest that you visit the following site: Therein you will find daily reports of U-boat positions. The Caribbean area positions will be given with a designator such as: DL DN DN DO followed by numbers. That site also has a selection of items /articles about individual boats. Google and this present site can help you to find
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This ship was sunk by the Italian submarine BARBARIGO which was on passage back to Italy from Brazilian? area. Good hunting Phil
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ARIES, HUNTSMAN and LACONIA I can’t help with KTBs, but other sources agree on positions as respectively: 190, 180 and 160 Miles NW x W from Fastnet. Good hunting Phil
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Your reference to “Second Officer” raises the query as to which ALRESFORD is the subject vessel. There was an HMS ALRESFORD, and also a British merchant vessel of the same name: SS ALRESFORD ON: 162708 GT;2488 Built: 1922 at George Brown & Co. Greenock as TERNEUZEN for A C Lensen of Terneuzen. Sold in 1938 to British owners. Stranded in 1957 Phil
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A little digging found the following: ) Perhaps something went astray in translation. Phil
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This could be something of a myth. Dominica declared war on Germany December 11 1941. According to Jane’s, the Dominican “navy” in WW2 had some small wooden launches and a buoy tender until acquiring some US Patrol Vessels in 1943. "Latin America in WW2" by T M Leonard and J F Bartzel makes reference to mainly wooden trading vessels. Good hunting Phil
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Possible thinking of an explanation In Moller & Brack’s book “ The Encyclopedia of U-Boats” there is in the pages relating to Miniature Submarines. Seehund (Type XXVII Whereas the Molch, Hecht and Biber have to be considered rather as experimental craft, the way in which the war developed demonstrated that the use of miniature submarines made sense for undertaking missions in water
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This would depend on what data you are looking for. This Forum is multinational, and contributors would have to understand what you mean. Perhaps some of our administrators could guide you. Good hunting Phil
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11 March 1942 is also confirmed on: www.ubootarchiv.de Phil
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A remarkable man and a career. I'm sure he'll be missed greatly. Phil
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Many thanks for an interesting account. I too have read the saga of the British weather ships. It must have been extreme desperation to have used such ships for such an operation. Best wishes Phil
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On the following site you will find the general daily disposition of the Uboat fleet, with the added remark: U 755 sank an American auxiliary cruiser of 3,000 GRT, course 2300, speed 10 knots in AJ 9727 with a triple fan. Good hunting Phil
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A tall order Ozires, such a vast subject. From the Maritime Museum site: Cargo The Shipping Movement Cards, mentioned above, record the movements of both British registered and Allied vessels engaged in the war effort. Each set of cards records the name of the ship, any former name it had, its size (tonnage), to whom it was registered, the ship’s destination, date of arrival and sometimes po
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Go to www.naval-history.net Therein you can locate HMS BIDEFORD and find out her voyages/convoys etc. Good hunting Phil
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Good evening Martin British Vessels Lost at Sea records that cargo vessel City of Liverpool 1101 tons was attacked by submarine gunfire 40 miles SSW of The Smalls on 18 August 1915. Good hunting Phil
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Glad to be of assistance. The article was found by chance in looking for boat builders. Phil
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A starting point for you: From Porthmadog Ships by Emrys Hughes and Aled Eames it is stated that of the 23 vessels believed lost to submarines in WW1, 17 were sunk in 1917. Information taken from Lloyds War Losses. The First World War. Lloyds of London press 2009 Good hunting Phil
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LITTLE MYSTERY A description of the vessel’s building yard and methods can be seen and down-loaded on: From differing details of the sinking, “Gun-fire / bombs” it could be inferred that such a small wooden vessel may not leave many large pieces of wreckage. However, having some years ago seen 85 Ft. wooden fishing vessels being built in Scotland, I was surprised at the sizes of the
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According to BVLAS there were only two British submarines lost outside the Mediterranean between July 1941 and January 1942 One off The Wash and one in Biscay. Good hunting Phil
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Just click on the WW1 at the top and help yourself. The sinkings of U34 and others are there. Good hunting Phil
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Go to: Photo and details. Good hunting. Phil
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