hi, Marty, The life rafts on board had, according to many accounts, become "welded" to the hull via rust, paint, etc. I did experience similar conditions myself on a small Greek ferryboat when travelling with a group through Crete. My objective is to understand the relative importance of t...

hi, For a troopship operating in WWII, how big of a deal would it be to have rust on the chains, blocks, and davits used for lowering lifeboats? IMO a big deal, called irresponsibility Could the rust effectively lock the system so that the lifeboat could not be lowered? yes, I think so Are there mec...

hi,

I assume that you know https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/351 ... a_Memories , of course

there is https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/l ... 022-2.html, too

greetings, Urs

Rest in Peace and, from a sailor : Fair Winds and following Seas ...

Urs

hi,

Platon Alexiades wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:50 pm It does not seem to have been a WW1 submarine either. I suspect that the wreck was something else.

admittedly a VERY slight possibility : https://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/?boat=UB+26 ?

greetings, Urs

hi,

some additional info shown on Forum Marinearchiv: the war diary and the track chart of 3. S-Flottille

https://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/i ... n.html#new

the minelaying took place on the south-westerly course between 02:17 and 02:34 hrs

greetings, Urs

hi, Jordi, to add to the confusion, u-boat.net mentions nine DDs only [quote] F.A.A. attack on the Dunkerque, 6 July 1940. Meanwhile ‘Force H’ sailed from Gibraltar at 2000/5. They first proceeded westwards but turned to the east at 2200 hours and proceeded at 22 knots towards Oran. ’Force H’ was no...

moin, Thorsten
thank you

greetings, Urs

hi,

according to the Chronik des Seekriegs, there was a second sortie of EAGLE and escorts on June, 9, to fly off Spitfires to Malta, the first (June, 3) w/o Partridge, the second (June, 9) with Partridge

Was that sortie still part of STYLE or did it have an own code name ?

greetings, Urs

hi,

apparently, no, see http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170830.htm

greetings, Urs

hello, Siri,

thanky you and I wish you, the crew and all members continuous health and all the best !

hi, Jordi,

according to https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/chronik.htm, it was CA York

greetings, Urs

hi, Providentia (139 GRT/?) was bombed and sunk by German Ju-87 planes 14/7/40 at 49-55N 09-12W. No survivors. I voice my doubts whether a ship in the open sea south of Ireland and approximately 250 nm distant from the next German (near Brest) airfield was sunk by Ju 87 ... possibly Ju 88 ? greeting...

hi,

From 5th to 9th March. the Russian Black Sea Fleet conducted a full scale raid with all available ships (battleships, cruisers, destroyers) against the Ottoman Black sea coast, especially Zonguldak.

greetings, Urs

hi, British destroyer Penylan was torpedoed and sunk by S.115 in the English Channel 3/12/42 while escorting convoy PW-257. The convoy was composed by 7 merchants escorted by 2 escort destroyers, 5 trawlers and 3 ML motor launches. I'm trying to identify those ships: Merchants: Isac (2385 GRT/26), G...