Hi Michael, many thanks, regards John
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I have conflicting sources for her 6th patrol of the U-boats supplied, 1st U260, U645, U386, U338, U305, U170, U610, U448, U68, U422 and U264. 2nd U260, U645, U386, U305, U170, U336, U610, U448 and U264. Which is correct? John
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Having now watched all 8 episodes on Sky Atlantic, I think the first movie with Jurgen Prochnow remains the better adaptation from Buchheim's classic. Although the shots of the inside of the U-boat were very convincing, added the extra story line plot of the sister / brother, I thought the additional story line of a U-boat commander abandoned mid ocean by another C/O with a death wish, along
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Hi Walter, many thanks, seems odd to have the engines in only one ship, where if each ship sent carried tanks and engines the loss would not have been so severe as to have risk sending another ship with the same problem. Regards John
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Hi I am reading Winston Churchill's account of the Second World War, now at June 1942, America are transporting brand new tanks and propelled guns to aid the British war effort in North Africa, apparently one merchant ship was carrying the engines for the tanks when it was torpedoed and sunk off Bermuda. Is the ship and attacking U-boat known?. john
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The U9 was from WW1 she and the majority were held at Harwich on the River Stour estuary until their fate was decided. In U9 case she was taken to Morecambe for scrapping from April 1919. John
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Hi Scott many thanks for the input, confirms and matches up other points with my findings. Regards John
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Firstly were these three U-boats U264, U455 and U466 in September 1943 ordered to try and enter the Mediterranean?. If they were did BdU later cancel these orders or was it due to battle damage with U264 and U466 and collision damage with U455 cause their early return back to French bases? john
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What method are use when determining to get a specific date to a unknown loss? Currently researching U22 which sailed on March 20th 1940, of the seven sources I have used there are five different date periods listed, the range including March 20th, 23rd, 27th, then going into to April 23rd and 25th. The later two being much earlier publications which I suppose are after of what was her due retur
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Is the final fate of these two boats known after May 1945? Are they still left in-situ or what years were they raised & scrapped? john
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These two boats were both sent their last signals on February 18th and 19th, as they were both were ordered to be operating within Wolfpack Hai 1 and deployed against the same convoys, ONS-29 and on-224. With no further contact or reported sightings from other U-boats as the possibility that they met the same fate as U659 and U439, only this time there were no survivors? John
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Hi Caleb, having looked up U3520, there is very little information so here it is. She was put in the 8th U-Flotilla, from 12.01.45 which she was still in when she first sailed on the 2th from Gotenhafen to Swinemunde from where she sailed on the 29th relocating to Eckernforde, but was lost NE of Bulk in the mine field 54o28n/10o12e Grid AO77. The losses however is not as clear as there are diffe
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What purpose did these two areas provide, Kiel-Wik and Travemunde-reede? john
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Hi Caleb check historische-marinearchiv.de for her sailing record. John
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I am looking in to possible U-boats that could have torpedoed HMS Pink on 27.06.1944, of two boats, U441 being one, did she transmit any attacks made on that day before she was herself lost on the 30th. john
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Is the reason why this boat ended up alone at Aarhus at the surrender in May 45? John
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This officer while C/O of U3 was court marshalled and transferred out of the U-bootwaffe to a VP-Boat flotilla where he was killed on 28.04.1944, is the action in where he met his death recorded? John
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Were BdU made aware of the loss of the following boats? and at what date did they list them as missing? U242, U275 and U480. John
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Sixteen survivors were rescued by HMS stork after her sinking, while returning Stork was in collision with HMS Deptford which resulted in damage to Stork's stern, apparently two survivors from U574 were killed at this time, are their names known? John
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Hi, Should this boat listed as being sunk on 12.07.1943 as being in the 23rd U-Flotilla, based within the Mediterranean, actually be listed as being in the 29th U-Flotilla? As I understand the 23rd was amalgamated into the 29th from 29.05.1942, as seen with U371, U559, U331, U97, U77 and the U83 which all ex 23rd UF boats survived past May 1942 and are listed as being in the 29th UF. John
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Hi Thorsten, many thanks, I read the other source which states she was hit by 47 shells with two others missing, so if one reverses the 47 to 74 add the two misses and a total of 76. Regards John
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This ship having been stopped and abandoned was shelled by U105, there is however to accounts of how many shells were fired one 76 while a second being about 47. How many shells could be fired by the deck gun in just over 30 minutes? which is the time listed as taking to sink her. John
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Hi Jonathon, interesting topic, I notice all were launched between December 1940 and March 1941, but also that they were all built at different yards, U203 Germania Werft, Kiel : U331 Nordsee Werke, Emden : U351 Flensburger Schiff, Flensburg : U401 Danziger Werft, Danzig : U431 F. Schichau Gmbau, Danzig : U651 Howalds Werke, Hamburg and U83 Flender Werft, Lubeck. This may suggest trials in design
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Hi Urs, thank you, Skjomenfjord, I take it was a subsidiary to Narvik where U-boats once ready to sail could transfer to refuel and maybe take on stores prior to commencement of their patrols. I see there were 39 sailings from this facility in the two years of operation. Regards John
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Thankyou for the info, presumably boats from the 13th and 14th U-Flotillas will have been there based at the end of the fjord?. Regards John
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Have been unable to find any details on this port as to location or if one or several U-Flotillas use this port as a base between 1942 to 1944? and which U-boats were deployed there?. John
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This boat is listed as under taking experiments between 12.12.1944 - 25.01.1945 probably at Pillau, are the details of these known?. John
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Many thanks yet again, certainly an interesting and yet tragic career. Regards John
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Kplt Helmut Franzke was demoted and removed from the U-boat service, and apparently died while serving on a VP boat. Are the circumstances of his loss known? john
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Thankyou for that. John
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