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Sailor Steve · 10-26-14, 11:47 AM

October 26:

Jim has already posted a fine report on the sinking of SS Amiral Ganteaume, including the controversy over which u-boat did the deed. According to Edwyn A. Gray's The U-Boat War, 1914-1918, it was U-24 under Rudolf Schneider. Gray cites Schneiders defense of his act, claiming he thought it was a troopship, "...but his subsequent career suggests that he neither knew nor cared"* I tend to accept this account, not because I like the book, but because Feldkirchner of U-17 seems to have been more civilized than that.

*Gray, page 67

Pacific Ocean: Von Spee's squadron arrives at Más Afuera, in the Juan Fernández Islands. The next few days will be spent coaling.
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Atlantic Ocean: SMS Karlsruhe captures SS Van Dyck, a 10,000-ton passenger ship bound from Buenos Aires to New York with a mixed cargo, including gold and silver bullion, mail and 1,000 tons of frozen meat, as well as 200 passengers. The passengers were put aboard the supply-ship Asuncion, and she was dispatched to Para, Brazil. The rest of the day is spent stripping the ship of supplies, and Captain Köhler decides to put off her sinking until the next day.

SMS Emden recoals at Nancowrie Island, part of the Nicobar chain. They find the harbor not only beautiful but well protected from storms. During the coaling operation SS Buresk is stripped of her name-plates, making her more difficult to recognize. She is then sent to a rendezvous point west of Sumatra, and, like Exford, told to wait until Emden shows up or her supplies run out, in which case she is to make for the nearest neutral port. Emden then sets a course for Penang at 12 knots.

Meanwhile, at Sabang, a group of islands off northern Sumatra, SS Glenturret sends a message to Penang requesting a boat to offload 20 tons of explosives when they arrive there on the 28th.

10-26-14, 11:47 AM	#366
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	October 26: Jim has already posted a fine report on the sinking of SS Amiral Ganteaume, including the controversy over which u-boat did the deed. According to Edwyn A. Gray's The U-Boat War, 1914-1918, it was U-24 under Rudolf Schneider. Gray cites Schneiders defense of his act, claiming he thought it was a troopship, "...but his subsequent career suggests that he neither knew nor cared"* I tend to accept this account, not because I like the book, but because Feldkirchner of U-17 seems to have been more civilized than that. Gray, page 67 Pacific Ocean: Von Spee's squadron arrives at Más Afuera, in the Juan Fernández Islands. The next few days will be spent coaling. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...0&postcount=64 Atlantic Ocean: SMS Karlsruhe* captures SS Van Dyck, a 10,000-ton passenger ship bound from Buenos Aires to New York with a mixed cargo, including gold and silver bullion, mail and 1,000 tons of frozen meat, as well as 200 passengers. The passengers were put aboard the supply-ship Asuncion, and she was dispatched to Para, Brazil. The rest of the day is spent stripping the ship of supplies, and Captain Köhler decides to put off her sinking until the next day. SMS Emden recoals at Nancowrie Island, part of the Nicobar chain. They find the harbor not only beautiful but well protected from storms. During the coaling operation SS Buresk is stripped of her name-plates, making her more difficult to recognize. She is then sent to a rendezvous point west of Sumatra, and, like Exford, told to wait until Emden shows up or her supplies run out, in which case she is to make for the nearest neutral port. Emden then sets a course for Penang at 12 knots. Meanwhile, at Sabang, a group of islands off northern Sumatra, SS Glenturret sends a message to Penang requesting a boat to offload 20 tons of explosives when they arrive there on the 28th. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 10-26-14 at 12:03 PM.