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<r>Bonsoir Olivier,<br/> <br/> ah, SUMAC, I used Google to understand what SUMAC is, but now I know, interesting!<br/> <br/> Maybe, or most possibly, the investigation was made the very same day, or one, maximum two days later. The capsized wreck of BADRIEH could have been towed to port (Port Said?)...

<r>Bonsoir Olivier,<br/> <br/> the files from TNA London (ADM 137/1601) say, that the Sailing Vessel of Kpt. Kairallah was <B><s>[b]</s>damaged<e>[/b]</e></B>, not sunk.<br/> <br/> The schooner capsized and was brought in, but I have no more details. And I have no copy from that file, just a not fro...

Bonjour,

this one was UB 68 (Oblt.z.S. Dönitz) which thought it was an regular steamship of about 3000 tons.

Oliver

Sorry, typing error, UB 65 of course, already in the North Sea ...

Oliver

<t>Bonsoir Olivier,<br/> <br/> not U 94, not UC 94 and not U 101, but ...<br/> <br/> It was U 43 (Kptlt. Johannes Kirchner) which attacked 2 large and 2 small Sailing Vessels at about 3 a.m.<br/> <br/> Missed with one Torpedo against an S.V. of estimated 1000 tons (!), torpedo doesn't went straigt (...

Bonsoir Olivier,

not UB 64 on 16. Mai 1918, that U-Boat already was on her way home in the North Sea ...

Oliver

Bonsoir,

the attack was the austrian U 41 (see my post above), but UB 52 also saw this group of vessels some hours ago, but was to far away!

Oliver

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> Mais peut-être s’agit-il en fait d’une méprise entre deux sous-marins allemands… Mystère à éclaircir par des spécialistes <E>;)</E> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Bonsoir Olivier,<br/> <br/> well, indeed it was an British submarine, the G 7 under command of LCdr. Geoffrey Warburton...

Position au moment du torpillage : 50°50 N 02°43 W

Bonsoir Olivier,
nothing to add here, but position should be 50°30'N - ...

50°50'N would have been on the mainland


Oliver

Bonsoir,

the attacker was UC 25 (Olt.z.S. Ernst Frhr. von Wangenheim), one Torpedo (not two as reported by YANAGI).

Oliver