Hi Platon and Lorenzo The photos linked in the betasom forum show the sinking of U-751 on 17 July 1942. Some time ago I researched the air attacks carried out in the Bay of Biscay in the days after U-578 went missing after leaving St. Nazaire on 6 August 1942. I found the following air attacks from 6 to 13 August: 06/1508 45.40N/05.20W Wellington P/311 dropped 6 D/Cs > Attack on U-575
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Hi James Attacked by 1404 Met Flt were U-371, U-372, U-563 and U-565 - the details of the air attacks can be found on the individual pages of each U-boat.
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Hi Brian Gudmundur fixed a bug that caused the maps not to show up if 24 or more U-boats were on patrol on a certain day. It should now work for each day.
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Hi Billy The report of the NOIC Stornoway concerning the loss of ROTORUA and the RoP of HMS VARANGA can be found in ADM 199/142. These documents were probably used as a source by Tennent as they list the numbers of survivors picked up by each trawler, but it is also mentioned that one of the 49 men picked up by HMS EBOR WYKE subsequently died (AB Otway). It appears that the correct number of s
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Hi Steve EMPIRE LOUGH was one of 21 coastal vessels in the convoy ETC-17, escorted by the frigate HMS DAKINS and corvette HMS SUNFLOWER. On 24 June 1944, the convoy left Southend en route to the Seine Bay when the ships were engaged by German long-range coastal artillery guns off Dover. EMPIRE LOUGH was set on fire and declared a total loss after she was beached near Folkestone. The master Rob
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Hi John I've updated our pages about POLYPHEMUS (http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1711.html) and ETRIB (http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1805.html) today. Four men were reported missing after the sinking of ETRIB and we erroneously showed them as being lost, but two of them were actually rescued and taken prisoner by U-boats. One by U-106 on 24 June and the other by U-214 o
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Hi John U-106 had troubles with the gyrocompass as it showed a deviation of up to 10 degrees and received glycerin from U-558 to repair it.
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Hi John Did some additional research about this loss and after a long search found the answer: The 19 men in the boat in charge of the chief officer were picked up by the Dutch motor merchant MELAMPUS and landed at Halifax on 31 May. I've made a major update of our page about NORLAND:
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Hi John COUNSELLOR missed the entrance to the swept channel about two miles to the north due to bad visibility, doing so the ship inadvertently entered an area known to be mined. She apparently struck one of the mines laid by U-30 as the ship was abandoned close to the wreck buoy that marked EL OSO.
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Hi Adrian The ship was HMS SIKH:
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I've added the air attacks to our pages about U-716 , U-965 and U-995 .
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Hi Lorenzo I've identified all three U-boats and will try to publish the details of the attacks on uboat.net as soon as possible. The attack by Liberator F/59 on 19 July 1944 was indeed made on U-716. On 20 July 1944, U-965 lost one man during an air attack and another one was wounded. This was caused by the attack carried out by Liberator N/59. The attack made by Liberator Z/59 on
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Hi John The blockade runner TANNENFELS had picked up the commander and crew of the raider STIER and then maintained strict radio silence to prevent her being located by radio direction finding on her way to France. For this reason it was arranged that the outbound U-154 met her, this happened in CD9755 during the afternoon on 22 Oct, 1942. The U-boat did not receive any supplies, but was given
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Hi John The terms used in "Duikboot" are explained in this pdf file:
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I also wonder what the source is for this. The U-boat crew list database of Hubertus is now hosted on the same website, but I couldn't find any man lost on the day in question. Unfortunately I don't have the KTB of U-107 to check.
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Hi Nikolai As it is stated on the bottom of the main page of our "Ships attacked" database (http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/), the time used is Berlin time unless otherwise mentioned. The difference between GMT and Berlin time in July 1942 was two hours due to the use of summer time (MESZ) in Germany.
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Hi John I've identified the attacker as Whitley "A" of 10 OTU RAF and added the details of the incident to our page about U-107. As far as I know no crewman was lost in the crash dive.
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Hi Lorenzo Of course, write me a private message with the attacks and your e-mail address. I will try to find matching U-boat reports, however this will probably take some time as not all cases are as conclusive as this one. Please include the name of the pilots if you know them.
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"Gnat" is the Allied designation for the German T-5 "Zaunkönig" homing torpedo.
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Hi Frank MADOERA was under repair in St. John's from March 1943 until 18 July and then left for permanent repairs in New York, arriving on 6 August. She only returned to service in October 1943. It is possible that he and other survivors were sent to New York as passenger on another ship after MADOERA made it to St. John's after it became clear that the torpedoed vessel would be u
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The details about the air attack on U-571 on 22 March 1943 can be found on our page about this U-boat. U-571 reported torpedo hits on three ships in convoy ONS-2 on 11 April 1943 and one destroyer sunk by a Gnat on 18 January 1944, but in both cases the claims can not be confirmed from Allied reports. The unconfirmed claims made by U-boats is one of the projects I am working on and I hope we c
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Hi Lorenzo At least two air attacks were made on this day in the Bay of Biscay, the one described in your post carried out by Liberator "C" of 59 Sqn RAF in 46°27N/08°43W at 09.07 hours and one carried out by Whitley “G” of 502 Sqn RAF in 43°42N/08°24W at 14.34 hours. I will research these two air attacks a bit more and publish the details here on uboat.net if time permits, but ju
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Nothing indicates that the fire that broke out aboard the small US motor tanker SUNOCO (1214 grt) in Sandy Hook Bay was caused by enemy action. The ship carried a highly flammable cargo of Benzol to Philadelphia which accidentially caught fire and exploded. The burning SUNOCO was towed out to deeper sea where she sank, but was later raised, repaired and returned to service.
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U-735 certainly was fully equipped for combat as this U-boat was on its way to join a front flotilla. Aside of Allied submarines no targets could be encountered in the Norwegian coastal waters.
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Hi Darren I would translate this as: "Hit at the end of the funnel after 43 seconds. Explosion of medium height. Steamer settles aft with a list to port and sinks after another explosion at 09.13 hours. The steamer radioes several times after being hit." The writer apparently began to type "bricht durch" or "bricht entzwei", which means "breaks in two&quo
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Hi John U-735 arrived in Trondheim on 31 July, but the same day left again and returned to Larvik and subsequently to Kiel in September 1944 to be fitted with a Schnorchel.
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Hi John I don't know when HMS AURANIA sailed from Halifax, but the group of AMCs was led by the auxiliary minelayer HMS MENESTHEUS with HMS AURANIA, HMS MALOJA, HMS RANPURA and HMS WOLFE. At the time of the U-boat attack, they were escorted by HMS CROOME, HMS SENNEN and HMS TOTLAND. The latter then escorted the torpedoed HMS AURANIA to the Clyde, while the remaining ships of this group ap
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Hi Eric Suhren couldn't identify the attacked ship because the attack was carried out submerged and he was not able to question the survivors due to an aircraft present in the area. Actually he underestimated the size of OHIOAN and claimed the sinking of a 5000 GRT freighter, but from the date/time and position there is no doubt that U-564 sank this ship.
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Hi Sully No U-boats operated in Hudson Bay. The only operation made by a U-boat anywhere close to this area was the placement of the weather station Kurt on the northern tip of Labrador by U-537 in October 1943:
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Hi The translated war diary of the BdU is available online: Of interest for you are the following entries that show the following order of events: 3 June 1942: Considering a operation off Brazilian harbors 6 June 1942: Preliminary consideration of a sudden operation by 10-15 U-boats off Brazil 20 June 1942: U-boat operations against Brazil were ordered by the SKL 26 June 1942: U-boat
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