a 1941 gun duel between a merchant and U-boat

sublynx · 09-21-13, 04:11 AM

From BdU's war diary the 3rd of July, 1941:

"U 69 sank in DH 19 a 5,000 ton ship (4 guns, 6 Flak machine guns) with artillery."

http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB30292.htm

uboat.net tells us there actually was a gun duel between the merchant and the type VII on a mining mission to Lagos, Africa

http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1028.html

I was under the impression that using guns in a situation where the u-boat could be shot at was a no-no. Apparently the order was not that strict. We of course don't know why the commander of U-69 decided to have a gun duel.

09-21-13, 04:11 AM	#1
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	a 1941 gun duel between a merchant and U-boat From BdU's war diary the 3rd of July, 1941: "U 69 sank in DH 19 a 5,000 ton ship (4 guns, 6 Flak machine guns) with artillery." http://www.uboatarchive.net/BDUKTB30292.htm uboat.net tells us there actually was a gun duel between the merchant and the type VII on a mining mission to Lagos, Africa http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1028.html I was under the impression that using guns in a situation where the u-boat could be shot at was a no-no. Apparently the order was not that strict. We of course don't know why the commander of U-69 decided to have a gun duel.