Do you mean the following? Or are you using the wrong name?
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A little more info can be found at the following link:- Funkmeister, With a name like that can I take it that that is what you are or perhaps a radio ham? MPC
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If anyone would like a prayer said for Barry they can go to the following:- Top left click on "Ask for a prayer" and post. The nuns at Tyburn Convent are a Benedictine order of contemplatives and spend their lives in prayer. MPC
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Johannes..........There is not much that I can add to what you have written. Although I was never fortunate enough to meet him in person we have exchanged emails (funny and serious) over the last few months and I felt that I did know him, reasonably well, as well as anyone can via the internet. I know that his strong presence will be sorely missed by many on this forum. May his dear soul re
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Looking at the pics on www.atlantik-pirat.com I feel very saddened to see that such a wonderful craft will end up in 4 bits, no, not sections just four bits of a U-boat. Bow and stern near each other and not even in a straight line with the midships cut into two parts and placed to one side. Is it not possible to put all the sections in a line so that at least she will look like a U-boat and not
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You wrote:- "One fact mentioned that came as a surprise, was that throughout the war between 2,500 and 6,000 naval personnel were executed for not carrying out their duty, some a few days after the war was over." (some a few days after the war was over) Who executed these 'few' and why? It the war was over what was the nationality of their executioners and what evid
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I posted this at the beginning of the month but nobody seems interested. I just hope they are not personal family possessions. MPC WW1 U-boat Commanders on ebay Posted by: MPC (IP Logged) Date: December 01, 2007 09:36PM They might be of interest to someone if really genuine. MPC
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Hi Dave, The Golden Horseshoe and Dan Gallerys account of the sinking of U505 are old books but a good ones. None of us can say what we would or would not have done in similar circumstances but the sea is a very unforgiving enemy and in some cases something called 'the sanctity of human life' kicks in. Regards MPC
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That is quite possible. Former U-boat men are/were Very unforgiving towards those they believe/knew let the side down them either intentionally or unintentionally. The name of Hans-Joachim Rahmlow was never mentioned in their company and anyone who did was virtually 'cut dead' in that conversation. Even in innocent questions to try and find out more about him and the U-570. The IWO l
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Never heard of wolf-packs operating in the Med in WW2. It isn't a very large area compared to other seas/oceans. The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar on the west and to the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, by the Dardanelles and the Bosporus respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marmara is often considered a part of the Mediterranean Sea,
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This boat sank 224 ships of nearly 547,000 tons. There is a list of them in the C.T. section.
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Rather doubtful. The War at Sea (3 vols.) was published 1954-1961 and The Battle of the Atlantic in 1955. Although thorough and respected works that were current at the time a great deal more information has come to light since then. Stephen Wentworth Roskill DSC, FBA (1 August 1903 - 4 November 1982) was an officer in the Royal Navy and, after his retirement, served as the official histori
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I know its from the (often unreliable) Wikipedia but which actual fish is depicted on U-boat emblems?? Swordfish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Swordfish Conservation status Data deficient (IUCN) [1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Xiphiidae Genus: Xiphias Species: X. gladius
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They might be of interest to someone if really genuine. MPC
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I wonder just what Kptlt Hans Jenisch and K.Kapt Wilfred Prellberg would have thought of these successors to their U 31 & U 32? Having known them both I would dearly have loved to discuss the differences with them. MPC
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I second that. One man started it, a great number of people from around the world have added to it via the forums to make it what it is today arguably the best and most interesting site on the web. Happy Birthday Gudmundur from ENGLAND. - Not G.B. - let the Picts and the Celts send their own - and I hope they do :-)) With best wishes MPC PS I am never entirely sure what the exact da
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Hi Ken, Would you happen to know the name and/or any other details of the munitions ship torpedoed by K.z.S. Merten that, when it exploded lifted the U 68 up quite a few feet and could have been the end of her? Regards MPC
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Reminds me a bit of a British naval officer who married into the Royal Family. He was also a pen pusher and not much good with ships but does at present hold the rank of Vice Admiral. Perhaps because of who he married and who his mother-in-law is. Life doesnt seem fair sometimes when better officers get passed over :-((
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Larry, This post has taken up an awful lot of time in reading it and space on this forum. I think you would do well to re-read some, if not all, of the posts of Ken Dunn and take his kindly and well meant advice. After all he really does know what he is talking about. Regards
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Sorry - try this one. It is a real link to the past. MPC
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This should be a direct link
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Hi Barry, Hope this link works OK for others. I am listening to it now - very interesting. Glad you are able to listen to "foreign broadcasts" haha Aroa nui MPC
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Have a look in the Conning Tower section. You will find over a hundred there MPC
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Very interesting particularly as it concernes a smaller navy. There is definately something wrong somewhere - perhaps heads will roll. MPC
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Just for interest but it says a lot about modern underwater detection systems. MPC
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Interesting reading:- V.Adm. Sir Arthur Hezlet who sank U 859 and R.Adm Bill Dovers who sank U 127 MPC
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HiYa Dave, Have a look at the following link:- It gives some times/dates for events e.g. "U-boats cease operation - On May 5, Dönitz ordered all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases." "At 02:41 on the morning of, May 7, 1945, at the SHAEF headquarters in Rheims, France, the Chief-of-Staff of the German Armed Forces High Command, General Al
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
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Hi Igor et All, 1 - Was his surname correctly spelt LOHS or LOß ? I have seen both versions. 2 - I know his father's name was Oswald was this also his middle name ? Regards MPC
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