Author & Historian, Eric T. Wiberg
Eric Wiberg is an author and historian living in Boston. He grew up in Nassau Bahamas to parents from Sweden and the US. From age 13 he attended New England boarding schools then Boston College before skippering a 68-foot sailing yacht from the Galapagos to New Zealand at age 23...
Recent Press
The last flight of a Marauder
20 accidents at sea off New Providence
New Providence: 60 land accidents
Wives and bases
The story of the aircraft lost in The Bahamas
John D. McCown Jr., Giants of the Sea: Ships & Men Who Changed the World
U Boats in the Bahamas National Maritime Historical Society Seminar
[History Room Live] U-Boats in New England
INSIGHT: Acklins gives up its WW2 secrets – in just a few hours
Stories uncovered from the global conflict which touched our shores
Nassau Tribune: Airmen Mystery Solved
How a persistent diver in the Bahamas solved a WW II mystery involving a Halifax pilot
Demont: Answering a 77-year-old mystery
See Eric’s U-Boat Exhibit at Grand Bahama Museum
Listen to Eric’s latest podcast: Standing Before the Mast
World War II artifacts donated to the Antiquities, Monuments & Museum Corporation
Book review on uboat.net
Book Review by Soundings Magazine
- Book Review by Bermuda’s The Royal Gazette

U-Boats in New England
Starting weeks after Hitler declared war on the United States, 73 German U-Boats sustainably attacked New England waters, from Montauk New York to the tip of Nova Scotia at Cape Sable.
Swan Sinks
The human element of a relatively small incident like the loss of the relatively small, 3530-ton Cygnet, is both compelling and illustrative of the larger, global struggle.
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If you'd like to learn more about the history of U-Boats in the Americas, browse my selection of in-depth accounts of U-Boat Patrols, Attack Narratives and much more in the Historical Resources section.
My Latest Posts
- The last flight of a Marauder May 19, 2023
- 20 accidents at sea off New Providence May 5, 2023
- New Providence: 60 land accidents April 21, 2023
- Wives and bases March 24, 2023
- The story of the aircraft lost in The Bahamas March 10, 2023
- John D. McCown Jr., Giants of the Sea: Ships & Men Who Changed the World November 1, 2022
- [History Room Live] U-Boats in New England August 23, 2022
- INSIGHT: Acklins gives up its WW2 secrets – in just a few hours August 16, 2022
- Stories uncovered from the global conflict which touched our shores July 4, 2022
- Nassau Tribune: Airmen Mystery Solved June 9, 2022
