The official AHF Kriegsmarine quiz thread

[Mischa]

Hello varjag,
You are very mysterious, like a sphinx? Do You mean, the Bomb "Fritz"?
Regards
Mischa

[varjag]

Hello varjag,
You are very mysterious, like a sphinx? Do You mean, the Bomb "Fritz"?
Regards
Mischa

No Mischa - by ''gasbag'' - I mean Blimp

[Mischa]

Hello varjag,
I read something about a US blimp which destroyed a German UBoot. Do You mean this accident"

U-853 (Oblt. Helmut Frömsdorf). USS Ericsson, USS Atherly, USS Amick and CG Moberly carried out probably devastating attacks against U-853 on 6 May 1945, two blimps from Lakehurst took off and localised. Those were Blimp ZP-12 K-16, piloted by Lt. (jg) John T. Clark and Blimp ZP-12 K-58, piloted by Lt. (jg) Max I Zabst. Both Blimps dropped depht charges against the contact they gained, but it can't be ascertained which attack, by ship or by air actually sank U-853.
Regards
Mischa

[Ironmachine]

Or U-857:

There is a chance that this boat was sunk by the escort vessels currently being credited for U-879 as both boats might have been in the area at the same time.
Another chance is that she was sunk by an American Blimp (airship) that made a claim of dropping a homing torpedo on a submarine on 18 April, 1945.

http://uboat.net/boats/u857.htm

[varjag]

Or U-857:

There is a chance that this boat was sunk by the escort vessels currently being credited for U-879 as both boats might have been in the area at the same time.
Another chance is that she was sunk by an American Blimp (airship) that made a claim of dropping a homing torpedo on a submarine on 18 April, 1945.

http://uboat.net/boats/u857.htm

Yes Ironmachine - it was Blimp K-72 and a FIDO ''mine'' - that most probably sank the U 857 on 18th April 1945.
The FIDO was for secrecy reasons called a ''mine'' - but was in fact an acoustic homing torpedo. Your question, Varjag

[Ironmachine]

Schnellboote S-73, S-78, S-124, S-125, S-126, and S-145.
What do they all have in common?

[Mischa]

Schnellboote S-73, S-78, S-124, S-125, S-126, and S-145.
What do they all have in common?

Hello Ironmachine,
they all served in the Spanish Fleet:
Names Comissioned Transferred to Spain Decomissioned
Ex S-73 / LT21 19/02/42 /08/43 19/06/56
Ex S-78 / LT22 03/06/42 /08/43 19/06/56
Ex S-124 / LT23 15/04/43 28/08/43 19/06/56
Ex S-125 / LT24 16/05/43 28/08/43 18/06/55
Ex S-126 / LT25 12/06/43 28/08/43 18/06/55
Ex S-145 / LT26 10/08/43 28/08/43 23/11/57
Regards
Mischa

[Ironmachine]

Quick and correct, Mischa!
Over to you.

[Mischa]

Quick and correct, Mischa!
Over to you.

Hello and Thank You, Ironmachine.
Here we have a very nice picture and it is signatured, but the data is wrong, becuase the photo was made in the middle of the 30. My question is, why she raised the not yet actually flag of the Reichsmarine? Since may 1935 all ships belongs to the Kriegsmarine, with a different flag.

Regards
Mischa

[varjag]

Well Mischa, the cruiser is the EMDEN. One reason for her flying the Imperial Jack instead of the Swastika could be that it is the 31st of May and the anniversary of the Skagerack Battle - as the Germans called Jutland. On that day all Kriegsmarine ships flew the Imperial colours, Varjag

[Mischa]

Well Mischa, the cruiser is the EMDEN. One reason for her flying the Imperial Jack instead of the Swastika could be that it is the 31st of May and the anniversary of the Skagerack Battle - as the Germans called Jutland. On that day all Kriegsmarine ships flew the Imperial colours, Varjag

Hello,
the picture was not taken on the "Skagerrak - Tag" but the imperial colours are only on the bow and on the half of the main mast (it is the Kriegslflagge of the Weimarer Republik). That is a sign of a "mourning-dress" but he has British roots too!
Regards
Mischa

[varjag]

Then I do not know Mischa.....

[Mischa]

Then I do not know Mischa.....

Hello varjag and the other,
the picture was made on 20.11.1935, when died a very well known and important British officer and all KM- ships became the order to hoist the "große Flaggentrauer" as a German evidence of honour for an enemy and hero of yesterday. A very human gesture.
Do You know, who I mean?
Regards
Mischa

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Commander of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jelli ... l_Jellicoe


waleed

[Mischa]

Commander of the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jelli ... l_Jellicoe waleed

hello waleed,
Yes You are right, You turn of course,
Regards
Mischa