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Siri
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 Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 10:41 pm Post subject: Norwegian D/S Spind - sunk by U-boat or destroyer? |
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According to survivors' reports Spind was sunk by HMS Boreas after having picked up her crew - ref. http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/spind.html
Rohwer states that she was sunk by a coup de grāce and gunfire from the attacking U-boat, U-552. Is this a known error in Rowher, or are the Norwegian reports wrong? (perhaps she did not sink after the destroyer had shelled her?)
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Siri
06.48 h U-552 fired a spread of two which missed SPIND
06.55 h U-552 started with shelling SPIND, she fired 20 rounds of 8,8 and 250 rounds of 2cm
07.15 h U-552 dived because of artilleriefire (from SPIND? I found a notice that it came from a escort)
08.20 h is attackt with depth charges but managed to escape
Unfortunatelly I dont have the KTB sides for this day. BdU wrote in his summary for this patrol that U-552 tried to fire a coupe de grace as the destroyer appears, but this torpedo missed SPIND too
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Siri
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you so much, Roland! We can probably safely assume then that Spind sank after having been shelled by the destroyer. That's also the impression I got from the various reports, which say she sank within 5 minutes.
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