OT: Virginian-Pilot Newspaper article about kaleun Hans Karpf

[Herr Russ]

Great article in the paper today telling some history behind Hans Karpf, his boat U-632 and a new born daughter... Long story short, his living daughter (now 63) always wondered if her father knew that she was born. U-632 was sunk 2 weeks after her birth near iceland... A researcher, after many years, found a deciphered message to U-632 that said "Hero daughter born on 18 March. Congratulations"

Nice to see her able to get on with life & took me by surprise to see a picture of a Kaleun in the conning tower of a VIIC on the back page of the paper..

[Sailor Steve]

That's a nice story. Thanks for sharing.:sunny:

[mookiemookie]

Good story!

BdU was indeed known to pass along personal info to crews at sea. There's the famous story about Donitz sending a message to U-47 when Gunther Prien's daughter was born: “Ein U-boot ohne Sebrohr ist heute angekommen” (A submarine without periscope arrived today).