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04-28-2008, 04:28 AM
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Did you know
The oldest victim sunk by a U-boat was the Finnish steamer "SIGNE", sunk by U-38 in April 1940. The ship was built in 1882 this means the "SIGNE" was 58 years of age.
The Finnish steamer "SIGNE" 
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 40,000 men of the Kriegsmarine served on German U-Boats during WWII, 30,000 perished. German U-Boats fought from the first day of hostilities, till the very last day of the war. To date; the German U-Boats sustained the highest casualty rate of any unit in any war. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun & in the morning, we will remember them, lest we forget |
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04-28-2008, 09:23 AM
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Cool!
Well, not so cool for them, but definitely and interisting thing to know. Thanks, V-man. 
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04-28-2008, 09:39 AM
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Interesting finding, thanks.
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04-28-2008, 09:53 AM
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*Loads up IL2 and goes Uboat hunting*
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04-28-2008, 09:59 AM
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some more info about the convoy she was part in.
http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hn23a.html HunterICX |
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04-29-2008, 02:04 AM
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seem there was heaps of confusion in that convoy with regards to signalling each other, thanks for the link 
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40,000 men of the Kriegsmarine served on German U-Boats during WWII, 30,000 perished. German U-Boats fought from the first day of hostilities, till the very last day of the war. To date; the German U-Boats sustained the highest casualty rate of any unit in any war. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun & in the morning, we will remember them, lest we forget |
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04-29-2008, 02:08 AM
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40,000 men of the Kriegsmarine served on German U-Boats during WWII, 30,000 perished. German U-Boats fought from the first day of hostilities, till the very last day of the war. To date; the German U-Boats sustained the highest casualty rate of any unit in any war. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun & in the morning, we will remember them, lest we forget |
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04-29-2008, 03:23 AM
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04-29-2008, 05:19 AM
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Nice to know
and here is some additional info about "signe" http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/305.html |
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04-29-2008, 05:54 AM
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All hands lost [x19], that's very sad
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40,000 men of the Kriegsmarine served on German U-Boats during WWII, 30,000 perished. German U-Boats fought from the first day of hostilities, till the very last day of the war. To date; the German U-Boats sustained the highest casualty rate of any unit in any war. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun & in the morning, we will remember them, lest we forget |
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