Hi Rainer, Many thanks for your very kind and informative reply. I had known that U-boat penetration of the Firth of Forth during WW II was very limited due to the a/s defences but could not quantify it. Your reply both confirms my suspicions and is very informative. With regards to WW I, I am aware there were quite a few U-boat scares, both real and imagined, in the Firth of Forth up until they
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I am currently involved in a project about the Defence of the Firth of Forth estuary on the east of Scotland from the Napoleonic era until the end of World War II. At the moment I have turned my attention to U-boat activity in and round the Firth of Forth during WW I and WW II.Does anyone know if this subject has been covered by anyone? Is there any way of quantifying the amount of activity? M
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Thanks Oliver. Very much appreciated. Best wishes Ron
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Many thanks everyone. I really appreciate your input.
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Great stuff Denis. That's a fairly big piece in the jig-saw. Very much obliged. Best wishes Ron
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Many thanks Michael and Joseph. You have both been a great help. Best wishes Ron
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I have been reading "U-Boat stories" edited by Claus Bergen and Karl Neureuther and was particularly interested in a short account (chapter 18) titled "A U-boat Decoy" by Wireless Operator Haidt. Haidt describes an incident somewhere off the Orkney and Shetland isles where at 7 am on 30th April 1918, U 54 fired a torpedo into a steamer and then surfaced to finish it off wit
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That's great Simon. I would love it.My e-mail address for further details is ronmorris617@hotmail.co.uk I really appreciate your help. Best wishes - Ron
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Many thanks for that Simon. Much appreciated. I've made some attempts to trace a copy without success but I'll keep trying. It looks like a great lead. However, I can't speak German, but I could get it translated. Thanks again. Ron
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On 15th May 1918 U90 under the command of Walter Remy entered the bay at Hirta at the St Kilda archipelago west of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland and using the aft deck gun they fired about 70 shells at the naval wireless signal station on the island and put it out of action. Some months later a naval 4 inch MK III gun was mounted at the island to repel any further attacks, but the war ended a few
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