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Sailor Steve · 07-09-15, 08:38 AM

July 9:

Celtic Sea: Walther Schwieger, commanding U-20, sinks three ships: British freighters SS Ellesmere, 1,170 tons, bound from Valencia to Manchester with a load of fruit, and SS Meadowfield, 2,750 tons, carrying copper ore from Huelva to Clyde; and Russian freighter Leo, 2,224 tons, travelling from Philadelphia to Manchester with a general cargo. Schwieger's score is now 14 ships and 70,715 tons.

North Sea: Otto Wünsche, in U-25, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Nordass, 1,111 tons, en route from Blyth to Petschora with a cargo of coal, bringing his score to 13 ships and 7,544 tons.

German East Africa: The monitors spend the day taking on coal. HMS Severn still has divers trying to clear the fouled propeller.

07-09-15, 08:38 AM	#914
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	July 9: Celtic Sea: Walther Schwieger, commanding U-20, sinks three ships: British freighters SS Ellesmere, 1,170 tons, bound from Valencia to Manchester with a load of fruit, and SS Meadowfield, 2,750 tons, carrying copper ore from Huelva to Clyde; and Russian freighter Leo, 2,224 tons, travelling from Philadelphia to Manchester with a general cargo. Schwieger's score is now 14 ships and 70,715 tons. North Sea: Otto Wünsche, in U-25, sinks Norwegian freighter SS Nordass, 1,111 tons, en route from Blyth to Petschora with a cargo of coal, bringing his score to 13 ships and 7,544 tons. German East Africa: The monitors spend the day taking on coal. HMS Severn still has divers trying to clear the fouled propeller. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo