Just a little typo first. Read AMBC not AMBB. This acronym stands for "Armement Militaire des Bâtiments de Commerce" otherwise, Military armament of merchant ships, i.e. the naval staff who were dispatched on board the steamers to serve the guns. This has nothing to see with the ship's name. It was the name of a special section of staff. Hoping that clears the question. Best
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Joe I have those books (2 vol.) and I am also a friend of the author a french naval Officer. If I can help you with a few excerpts, I'll do. Just call on PM. I do have also the list of most of the ships involved with U-Boats in WW1 as well as their index reference in the french SHD files at Vincennes Regards Yves
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Freddy This url adds a few more details Regards Yves
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Fixed now !
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Jo, Well, I don't know how this discrepancy happened. If you check Thomas Bieber file, you won't see he commanded U 90 as well as if you check U 90 you will find that at the time she sank Victor de Chavarri, she was under command of W.Remy. Thank you for pointing that, it will be corrected soon. Regards Yves
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Thank you James, info added.
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Joe Thank you for pointing that typo. You are right, Gansser commanded U 156 until June 1918. It will be corrected soon in the base. The second cruise lasted from 14.Nov.1917 to 11 Mar 1918, an exceptionally long patrol in the Atlantic. Best regards Yves
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John, So far I am aware of, I never heard something like that. Best regards. Yves
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OK mates I have entered the vessel in the dbase but for unknown reason one can't edit the file for the moment though she appears in the list. Please give me a location as accurate as possible. Best regards Yves
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Thank you Joe It is easy to add this entry. What is your source ? Best regards Yves
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Dave You may as well some day meet the story of the ghost in UB 65. If so, don't believe the first word of it. Nothing true about that "fairy tale" Regards Yves
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Damned ! 200 candidates ! I was not aware it could have been such a current fact ;-) VBR Yves
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Ufo It is not a silly question and this account reminded me a story I had read somewhere. And I found it (at least one of them if several landfall occured). F.T Arnold Fischdick was on board U 90 and after the war he published his story. On one occasion, he describes a landfall on Rona by 2 crews (Lt z.S. Weidemann and obermaat Ahrend) on board the dinghy and they came back with bird eggs an
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I'm afraid it's not exactly the right place to post such a message :-( Best regards Yves
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Freddy As far as I know, U 90 sank in the Channel, off St Catherine's Pt in 1921 after breaking her tow while being transfered for scrapping. Regards Yves
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Jerry, Sorry, there was no U-Boat captain in WW1 with this name. The only closer match I can find in Ehrenrangliste is Ernst Friedrich Lüder born 27.9.1891, who was Marine-Ingenieur Aspiranten on board UC 3. He died when the boat was lost 26.5.1916. No other match. If W.J. Luders served on U-Boats, he was not an officer anyway. Best regards Yves
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Cottingham's file is now updated with a few more details. Best regards Yves
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Daniel California and Vedamore are both recorded at Vincennes and probably the files contain at least the questionnaire of 50 questions which was filled by the Allied every time there was an investigation on a submarine attack. The same file is probably also held at Kew. Per SHD Vincennes classification, they are recorded in section SS G California 26-3280 Vedamore 27-3288 Best regards Yves
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Daniel Do you have more details about ships and dates ? In such case, I could check if any archive at french Hist. Dept. at Vincennes which holds with Kew quite a lot of files involving U-Boats. Best regards Yves
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William, This is a very difficult task now but easier for officers though. Happily for her crew, this boat survived the war, and there is not even the possibility of checking through the casulaty list. Maybe someone else has an idea on the question but so far on my side I could never issue a full crew list especially at a specific date. Regards Yves
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Mike, There is none as far as I know moreover in wgs84. The grid system also changed during the war. Unless having a chart itself it is very difficult to convert a grid position into coordinates. Regards Yves
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Hi Al I send you a PM for this matter. BRegards Yves
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Hi Klerki The Ehrenrangliste of which I have this copy is dated Berlin 1930 and KL Jeß is recorded page 217. Best regards Yves
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Hi Klerki The source is Ehrenrangliste der Kaiserliche Deutschen Marine, bearbeitet K.Adm. A.Stoelzel Glad to learn I could help. Best regards Yves
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KL Heinrich JEß Born 2.May.1884 Crew 4/01 KL from 14 Dec 1912 4.1914 SMS Ostfriesland W/O 9.15 - 5.16 U-Boat School 5.1916 CO U 79 I U-Flott. then U 96 (IV U-Flott.) and U 90 (III U-Flott.) Retired 27.6.1919 zs KKpt
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You have been posting probably in the nearly same time as Oliver. As he said, it was UB 64. Thks Oliver for confirmation. VBR Yves
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Dear Klerki Well, in my files, Salaminia is not clearly reported by either Spindler or Bendert to have been sunk by UB 64. Though, per Miramar website, she was sunk by torpedo on 29 March at 53.27N 05.32W without indication of attacking U-Boot. However in other non quoted sources, she is credited to UB 64 On my side I don't have the KTB for UB 64 on that date to confirm. Somebody here migh
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For those interested in : Yves
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Michael, The mine which sank HMT Amadavat was laid by U 71 under command of Kplt W. Gude. It was Minensperre 105b laid on 31 May. MfG Yves
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Moin Michael Mine was laid on 7 Apr 1917 Yves
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