Exercise Tiger and E Boat Involvement
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Re: Exercise Tiger and E Boat Involvement
Hello to all
; a complement..............................
Excersice Tiger Debacle 1944.
Source: http://www.eucom.mil/media-library/phot ... er-diagram
Cheers. Raúl M
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Excersice Tiger Debacle 1944.
Source: http://www.eucom.mil/media-library/phot ... er-diagram
Cheers. Raúl M

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Re: Exercise Tiger and E Boat Involvement
hi,
regrettably, that sketch is quite off the truth. Reality was much more complicated.
The "Rotte" (group of two boats, normal for e-boat operations) 136/138 did not participate in the decisive attack. Their torpedoes were fired more than 30 min before the LSTs were hit. S 100 and S 150 belonged to different flottillas and did not operate together.
The boats which achieved the real hits were S 130, S 145 and S 150 of 9th flottilla operating together in a 3 boat group.
Thus, this info provided earlier in the thred is correct :
a post by Andy H reads:
A good book about Op.Tiger is Ken Small's "Forgotten Dead" published by Bloomsbury ISBN 0747504334, maybe worth a trip to the library?
Anyway Peterson was awarded Oakleaves to his KC for this attack on Op. Tiger. The 9th Flotilla's count was as follows:-
S130 1/2 a kill (shared with S150), sunk LST507
S145 1 kill, sank LST531
S150 1/2 a kill (shared with S130), sunk LST507, and 1 kill LST289
I provide a sketch based on war diary of "Führer der Schnellboote" with my own additions with respect to the boat numbers.
greetings, the pb
regrettably, that sketch is quite off the truth. Reality was much more complicated.
The "Rotte" (group of two boats, normal for e-boat operations) 136/138 did not participate in the decisive attack. Their torpedoes were fired more than 30 min before the LSTs were hit. S 100 and S 150 belonged to different flottillas and did not operate together.
The boats which achieved the real hits were S 130, S 145 and S 150 of 9th flottilla operating together in a 3 boat group.
Thus, this info provided earlier in the thred is correct :
a post by Andy H reads:
A good book about Op.Tiger is Ken Small's "Forgotten Dead" published by Bloomsbury ISBN 0747504334, maybe worth a trip to the library?
Anyway Peterson was awarded Oakleaves to his KC for this attack on Op. Tiger. The 9th Flotilla's count was as follows:-
S130 1/2 a kill (shared with S150), sunk LST507
S145 1 kill, sank LST531
S150 1/2 a kill (shared with S130), sunk LST507, and 1 kill LST289
I provide a sketch based on war diary of "Führer der Schnellboote" with my own additions with respect to the boat numbers.
greetings, the pb
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Re: Exercise Tiger and E Boat Involvement
Yes, it seems that the engagement was far closer to Portland than usually documented.
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Re: Exercise Tiger and E Boat Involvement
Thanks for shedding light on it pb
. Cheers. Raúl M
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Re: Exercise Tiger and E Boat Involvement
Some of the damage:
LST 289 hit on the stern:

LST 289 hit on the stern:

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Re: Exercise Tiger and E Boat Involvement
hi,
a minuscule error in your link : the ships were LST's.
greetings, the pb
a minuscule error in your link : the ships were LST's.
greetings, the pb
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Re: Exercise Tiger and E Boat Involvement
Can anyone help with the the markings on the Lyme Bay S38bs? I know S130 was a raven (Rabe) bit can't figure out s138. I want to build a model using the new Fore Hobby S38b kit.
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