The official AHF U-boat quiz thread
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Well, then may be I-30, Lorient, August 5, 1942?
Best regards, Aleks
Best regards, Aleks
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100% right - carry on AVV!AVV wrote:Well, then may be I-30, Lorient, August 5, 1942?
Best regards, Aleks
Varjag
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hello,
I think it's U-250.
Best regards,
Lionfish.
I think it's U-250.
Best regards,
Lionfish.
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Well, while waiting for lionfish's question - here's another to ponder -
This - - under this - - had a somewhat nervy encounter with a plucky British merchant-navy Captain. Whose ship and behaviour under attack -
not only confused the U-boats crew, but led them - after several wasted torpedoes and the aggressive maneuvering of
the target ship, to abandon the attack......
Which ship was under attack, which U-boat and which commander?
Bonus - for the name of the British Captain......Varjag
This - - under this - - had a somewhat nervy encounter with a plucky British merchant-navy Captain. Whose ship and behaviour under attack -
not only confused the U-boats crew, but led them - after several wasted torpedoes and the aggressive maneuvering of
the target ship, to abandon the attack......
Which ship was under attack, which U-boat and which commander?
Bonus - for the name of the British Captain......Varjag
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U 109 Cdr: Bleichrodt, Heinrich Carl Bernhard Rudolf "Ajax"
Cheers, Fernando
Cheers, Fernando
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Very good FAImeida -You have him - down to a tee! On his first patrol in U 109......But -FAlmeida wrote:U 109 Cdr: Bleichrodt, Heinrich Carl Bernhard Rudolf "Ajax"
Cheers, Fernando
?Which ship was under attack
Varjag
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City Of Auckland
Cheers, Fernando
Cheers, Fernando
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Ellerman-Hall Lines s/s CITY OF AUCKLAND is right. Her captain - E. J. Myles - gave Bleichrodt a tough time making him believe he was dealing with a Q-ship.....FAlmeida wrote:City Of Auckland
Cheers, Fernando
Might have begun Bleichrodt's path to a nervous breakdown later.
All yours!
Varjag
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Hi
Where can I read about this incident, cannot find any reference to City of Auckland?
rgds
Obh
Where can I read about this incident, cannot find any reference to City of Auckland?
rgds
Obh
Absentineto a fabis!
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Stay away from the beans
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Hello oldhoweboy
This incident occurred on 6/July/1941 in the Atlantic 300 miles West of Madeira island.
Is described in the book "Hirschfeld the secret diary of a U-boat" by the Wolfgang Hirschfeld ISBN-304-35498-8 page 59-64.
Regards, Fernando
This incident occurred on 6/July/1941 in the Atlantic 300 miles West of Madeira island.
Is described in the book "Hirschfeld the secret diary of a U-boat" by the Wolfgang Hirschfeld ISBN-304-35498-8 page 59-64.
Regards, Fernando
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They had in common the daughter of "Karl Donitz" with the U 33 and U 34?
Cheers, Fernando
Cheers, Fernando
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Thanks Fernado, do not have that book. Not mentioned in "Blair" and can find no reference to City of Auckland, was she British?
Rgds
obh
Rgds
obh
Absentineto a fabis!
Stay away from the beans
Stay away from the beans
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Hello oldhoweboy
About City of Auckland
ex- Weissenfels built in 1915 8336 BRT, to the Hansa Line of Bremen,
1919 surrendered to Britain as war reparations,
1920 sold to the shipowner Ellerman's Hall Line,
1921 renamed City of Auckland .
Cheers, Fernando
About City of Auckland
ex- Weissenfels built in 1915 8336 BRT, to the Hansa Line of Bremen,
1919 surrendered to Britain as war reparations,
1920 sold to the shipowner Ellerman's Hall Line,
1921 renamed City of Auckland .
Cheers, Fernando