Pillau 1944

[oldhoweboy]

Hi All

Have I identified these boats correctly using School Boat Symbols?



Regds

[Pikap]

Hello,

U 637 and U 712 are OK. The boat on the left is not U 555, because she had two white diagonal stripes.

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I think your boat is present on this picture; (from ebay.com):

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/019-Original-Fo ... 4d1928b6d8

According to Dani J.Åkerberg`s work from website:
http://www.u-historia.com/uhistoria/his ... ulboot.htm.

I believe that symbol belonged to U 361, but free-flooding vents do not match. (I haven`t seen this symbol before).

Regards
Pikap

[oldhoweboy]

Yes, was not sure on 555, On Danni's (Uhistoria site) 555 is also shown with black triangle on white background! 555 was at Pillau for four years?
Your last picture is Blohm and Voss boat so not 361??? but which one then??? Mystery
Rgds

[oldhoweboy]

Another boat symbol which is mystery. Pillau 1943. Not 637??



From http://www.ebay.de/itm/018-Original-Fot ... 4d1928a460
Rgds

[mark harrison]

I know of three boats which have rails and flooders to match this- u391.u352.u756.

[mark harrison]

To add to this It is not u756 as its symbol is different I wish only to give a clue to which series it could be.

[oldhoweboy]

Hi
I believe the rails are different on 391 and 352. This picture is from Summer 1943 and 756 was lost Sept 1942.
This is the school symbol that I am trying to identify. Summer 1943 Pillau

Similar to 637 but extra white bar.

Rgds

[mark harrison]

Have seen other symbols but cannot really decide how they were allocated to the boats-say half circle for one company, a square for another.
I simply don't know. If this can be discovered we might have a chance to id them.