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germannoob · 07-06-08, 12:45 PM

:rotfl: that's a word. Lufthansa Cargo wasn't avail at these days...

I imagine a story where U-159 under the command of Kaleun Helmut Witte attacked an ammo ship from a distance of 250meters. The book says it was a 8000 tons freighter. After 30second nothing was left of the merchant. And the effect was...

let's say so: the book writes, that another submarine in a distance of 140kilomters said, they felt a strong wind and saw a thick cloud of smoke. I needn't to mention, that anything within the submarine was depredated and all glass was broken.

The attack took place south of capetown in late august '42.

07-06-08, 12:45 PM	#6
germannoob Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dresden, Germany Posts: 46 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: that's a word. Lufthansa Cargo wasn't avail at these days... I imagine a story where U-159 under the command of Kaleun Helmut Witte attacked an ammo ship from a distance of 250meters. The book says it was a 8000 tons freighter. After 30second nothing was left of the merchant. And the effect was... let's say so: the book writes, that another submarine in a distance of 140kilomters said, they felt a strong wind and saw a thick cloud of smoke. I needn't to mention, that anything within the submarine was depredated and all glass was broken. The attack took place south of capetown in late august '42.