Hi Michael Thanks for pointing that out, the guy's name was taken from the D.D. loss list - 'Childs, Earle Wayne Freed Ensign, USN Liaison Officer' and from 'Beneath the Waves' by A. S. Evans, but I will double check it with the RN Sub museum. Cheers Ron
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Hi Beppe On February 26th 1918, H5 sailed from Berehaven on patrol, her Jolly Roger streaming proudly from the periscope standards. H5 was a happy boat. No fewer than five of her ratings held the DSM. There was a special guest on board in the form of Ensign Earle F W Childs, an American Liaison and lieutenant in the United States Navy. Wild rumours circulated at the time that Lt Childs was a s
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Yes, Merry Christmas and lets hope 2008 is better than 2007, at least for me All the very best to all the friends on this forum Cheers Ron
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THanks guys I'll also start looking for British minefields anywhere around that area. Actually the MERWEDE is very close to wreck of HMPS ASCOT, but of course she was torpedoed, sadly the day before the armistice was signed. Cheers Ron
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Hi Yves The wreck lies at 55 38’.899 N 001 28’.891 W Location: 4.31-n.miles E of Longstone lighthouse & 7.44-n.miles NE of Beadnell Point Michael thinks it may have been a stray floating mine but I thought I'd ask to see if amyone knows for sure Cheers Ron
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Hi Guys On 26 January 1918, the 744-ton Dutch SS MERWEDE detonated a German laid mine and sank, 5-miles east of Longstone lighthouse; while on passage from Leith for Rotterdam with a cargo of coal. Does anyone know who or what laid the mine please ? Cheers Ron
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How many more is there left to find Michael, at this rate you'll run out of boats to ID Cheers Ron
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Hi Oliver and Michael Yes, There are quite a few mistakes in Hocking's book, just goes to show There were also two vessels called KASBEK built in 1888, the one Freddy mentions and one which was renamed SUWANEE in 1899; in 1900 she was owned by Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. (J. McDonald, mgr.), London and broken up in Holland, 1st quarter 1925, arr. Rotterdam 25.3.25 Cheers Ron
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Powered by a 670hp engine. The ship was carrying 13 passengers. She had received several code warnings that subs were about and therefore pursued an erratic course hoping to avoid an encounter but without success. The Liner's people were in the act of boarding the boats when the submarine surfaced and called for the captain but was unable to find him. She opened fire on the ship before sinki
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Hi Jim CITY OF PARIS (Official No.124223) was a 9,191-ton British steam casrgo/passenger ship that was built and completed by Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow as Yard No.466 in Oct 1907 for Ellerman Lines, Ltd. (G. Smith & Sons, mgrs.), Glasgow. Launched on 10 August 1907. Dimensions of 493.2 x 57.7. Single propeller powered by one quardruple expansion steam engine that gave 15-kno
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That's awfull and very very sad news. My deepest thoughts go out to his family Ron
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The PRUNELLE was an iron-hulled 578-ton British steamship that measured: 47.47m by length, an 8.1m-beam and a 3.88m-draught. Bergsunds Mek verkstad, Stockholm built her in 1874 and launched her as the GÖTA for Ångbåts AB Göta, Stockholm; C. H. Backert was the manager. The single iron propeller was powered by a 65hp, 2-cylinder compound steam engine that used one boiler and gave 8-knots. In
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Hi Jim She was certainly built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow as Yard No.404 in Nov 1896, but for the Guyana S.S. Co., Ltd. Glasgow and Caw, Prentice, Clapperton & Co, were the managers and launched as the GUYANA (Official No.106040) In 1896 she was renamed CITY OF LUCKNOW by City Line, Ltd. Glagow and G. Smith & Sons was the managers G. Smith & Sons, Glasgow was th
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Hi Jim Have to take another look at the convoy dates Cheers Ron
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Hi Jim Thomsen in UB 115 cruised off the Tyne, then moved up the Northumberland coast, reaching Newbiggin-by-the-Sea by 29 September 1918. Here, the crew must have been experiencing some problems with the tanks, because as she lay submerged, 4.5-miles offshore, the crew of the British airship R29, fortuitously engaged on convoy protection duties nearby, observed oil bubbling to the surface. Th
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Hi Grimbarian You are correct, she started life at 395-gross tons and was fitted with a 68nhp Amos & Smith steam engine that used one boiler and gave 10-knots. She was requisitioned by the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1939 and renamed NORDHAV II. On 15 June 1940 arrived at Torshaven, Faroe Isles and served as a minesweeper with the Royal navy No.FY 1906. From Cook, Welton & Gemmell 1883
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Yes, they were the same vessel - SWEEPER and NORDHAV II Cheers Ron
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HI On the tenth and last patrol of U 714, she moved out of Horten on 3 March 1945 for operations off the east coast of Scotland. On the 10th, Schwebcke torpedoed and sank the 425-ton Norwegian Auxiliary Fleet Minesweeper NORDHAV II (Lt. A. Olsen) in convoy FS 1753 off Dundee; she was serving with the 71st Minesweeping Group based at Dundee and six of her crew including the commander, were los
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The BARBARA (Official No.106959) was a steel-hulled 3,740-ton steam cargo vessel that was built and completed by Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., at Middleton Yard, West Hartlepool as Yard No.229 in February 1897; she was launched on 5 December 1896 for J. E. Guthe & Co., West Hartlepool. Dimensions: 340.0 x 47.1. Ther single steel propeller was powered by a 3-cylinder triple expansion steam e
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Hi Jim The AMSTERDAM (Official No.78569) was an iron-hulled 806-ton British steam cargo vessel that measured: 66.75m by length, an 8.83m-beam and a 4.57m-draught. Cunliffe & Dunlop, at Inch Yard, Port Glasgow built and completed her as Yard No.129 in February 1878; she was launched as the AVON in December 1877 for W. Sloan & Co., Glasgow. The single iron propeller was powered by a 2-
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I understand that on 9 March the SS EAST POINT (Norfolk & North American Steam. Shipping Co., Ltd., Liverpool) was hauling a general cargo from London to Philadelphia, USA when a torpedo fired by U 48 slammed into her and exploded, however before the the steamer sank, she rammed the boat. Berndt Buß and the Steersman were both killed when the conning tower was crusheded. The U-boat quickly s
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Hello Steve U 678 is in Vol-2, same volume as U 1063, very lucky move for him too Cheers Ron
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Hi Stephen I sent you a message, hope you got it? Cheers Ron
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Hello Steven I would be interested in corresponding with your friend if he is a survivor of U 1063, due to the fact the boat will be one of those in our next Volume of Silent Warriors, due out soon? Cheers Ron
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Thanks a lot Oliver, much appeciated Cheers Ron
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Hi Guys HMT Balfour sank following a collision in the English Channel off Sovereign Lightship on 13 May 1918. The Balfour was escorting the steamship Nidd to Dieppe. The Nidd allegedly ran over (collided with) a U-boat, which then surfaced behind the Nidd. The Nidd went full steam ahead and opened up with stern gun. Reportedly hitting the U-boat. The Balfour turned to attack the U-boat a
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The CROWN of LEON was launched as the YANARIVA (Official No.104567), 3,391-tons, completed as Yard No.391 in Sept 1894 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow and launched for Yanariva SS. Co., Ltd. (Caw, Prentice, Clapperton & Co., managers), Glasgow. Dimensions of 330.0 x 43.1, powered by a 3 cyl trilpe expansion steam engine that gave 8-knots. 1901 owned by Prentice, Service & Hen
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Thanks a lot Colin, much appreciated Cheers Ron
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Hi Colin Do you know the ISBN for that book please? Cheers Ron
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Thanks Michael I'll straighten my files out Cheers Ron
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