HMT Rohna and cause of loss

[South]

https://www.overtoncountynews.com/lifes ... 7f1ef.html


Good afternoon all,

Above per title.

~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

[Dili]

It is nice remembering combatants, it is not nice as typical in newspapers to make a mess of history.

Another case of "Gell-Mann effect"...

This was, it seems, the first known successful “hit” of a vessel by a German rocket-boosted, radio/remote-controlled “glider” bomb – i.e., one of the first true missiles used in combat. It was, in effect, a guided missile, and the Nazis had achieved it first.

No it was not as any search of Hs 293 will show.

[South]

Good afternoon Dili,

Understand your point; agree.

We must, however, remember the adage attributed to Napoleon on the definition of history: "the agreed-upon lies".

The media and their reporting is a part of "history".


~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

[Prosper Vandenbroucke]

Hi Bob,
The troopship Rohna, was sunk on the 26th November 1943 in the Mediterranean by German radio guided glider bombs. (Henschel hs 293 glider bomb)
http://ww2today.com/26th-november-1943- ... roops-lost

[South]

Good afternoon Prosper,

Appreciate the definitive statement.

I do hope I was clear enough in my reply to Dili; not to rely on routine media reports.


~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

[Dili]

Still not right . Hs 293 was not a glider bomb it was rocket propelled and guided so it can be considered a missile . Instead Fritz-X was a glider bomb since it was without propulsion.

[Prosper Vandenbroucke]

Yes Ok it was a considered as a missile and was not a glider bomb.