With the assistance of U.R.'s data and some of my file information regarding U 565 (KL Franken), I have generated a web page (link below) to help clarify the "Fire incident on the Daressalam". There are (3) documents (RED arrow on web page) in German that require translation and any assistance with this will be greatly appreciated. It is almost impossible to extract hand written
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Captain George Duffy, a frequent contributor to this forum, has passed. His story "Ambushed Under The Southern Cross" is available at:
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Thanks for the link....
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Haven't heard from Rainer Bruns, Capt. George Duffy and Robert Marple for a while on this forum????
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Info regarding book sources: British Merchant Vessels Lost By Enemy Action During Second World War The standard link is:
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The title of the book is: U 393 Das Turmabzeichen I will try and locate an associate in Germany to research this for me. It's possible that this book is still available. I will post an update on this board if I get a positive response.
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In addition: The book with many photos can be ordered from Rudolf Schneider for 15 Euro. Phone: 07721/503 636 (Villingen, Germany)
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The book title is here:
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John, Curious why you eliminated U-608? U 575 KTB states that U 575 and U 608 both entered St. Nazaire together 28 November 1943 and tied up within 20 minutes of each other Thanks....
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Trying to locate photo(s) of U 1209.
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The message refers to U 367 (not U 3010),sunk off Hela 15 March 1945. Thanks also for posting the Google Drive link to the other intercepts for U 3010 and U 367.
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Great post....very interesting find.
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Thanks for providing this link....
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Grazie per l'invio di queste informazioni....
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Ozires, Not sure about the gold as I could not locate the ship's manifest. A few links that you might be interested in: (seems like project Orca was a sketchy enterprise)
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Ken, Thanks for the heads-up - Have placed an order through Amazon. Look forward to future volumes. Thanks again.....
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Thanks for posting this....
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Ozires, The ship is most likely the SS Empress of Canada, sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo Da Vinci. ...She continued to transport ANZAC troops from New Zealand and from Australia to the war zones in Europe until sunk. The return voyage from Europe was not less dangerous than the trip north had been. On 13 March 1943, while en route from Durban, South Africa to Takoradi carrying Itali
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Try this link:
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A tale with similarities - "Encounter With A Submarine":
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His website with Web Links Menu are here:
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You are totally correct.
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Try this link:
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Ken, Thanks for the followup on this....
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Trying to locate a copy of this item: Office of Naval Intelligence Review's 1951 Vol. 6, Parts 1-5, "German U-boats in the Arctic" Any assistance would be appreciated.
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A very good series regarding the Lorient base and the specific U-boats involved, by Luc Braeuer. Volumes 1 thru 3 (Vol. 3 just recently released) of a 4 volume set have been published. Well worth the price.
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Yurek, Thanks for posting this info...
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KTB U 106 2nd Patrol:
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jliller, The British facility (as you might know) was the Command Plotting Room in the Headquarters Of The Western Approaches (WAC) located at Derby House, Liverpool. It's counterpart across the pond was on Constitution Ave. in Washington, DC at the Old Munitions Building - "Main Navy", Section F-21, Tracking Room. This structure was torn down in 1960. Book Ref: Commanders Wi
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Platon, The possibility related to the sighting is that Italian and French submarines were used as ASW training targets 1943-1945 - check out this post....Casco Bay in Maine is mentioned. Submarine Squadron 7
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