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Category: Attack Narratives

SS Raphael Semmes sunk by U-332/Liebe S of Bermuda, 18 men drifted 19 days, rescued by SS Explorer taken to NJ: Liebe gave his name and that of sub

November 30, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 30, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
A.B. Nils Nehlin Admiral Raphel Semmes Capt. Harold Goron Eaton Chief Officer Charles L. Foley GM Sandifer Johannes Liebe McCormick SS Argus SS Explorer SS Raphael Semmes U-332 Waterman
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S/T Muskogee sunk by U-123/Hardegen NNE of Bermuda, all 34 men perished, iconic photo of survivors became American Merchant Mariner’s Memorial

November 30, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 30, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
American Merchant Mariner's Memorial Capt. William W. Betts Ferdinand Schichau George Betsts Milo Maine Marisol Escobar Reinhard Hardegen SS Triton tanker Muskogee U-123

USS Gannet sunk by U-653/Feiler N of Bermuda, escort HMS Sumar abandoned her, 62 men rescued by 2 planes and USS Hamilton, taken Bermuda

November 30, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 30, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Admiral Jules James Admiral Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis Lt. Cdr Lt. Cdr. J. W. Gannon Lt. Gordon Emerson Kernohan Lt. W. L. Pettingill Nuessle SS Montevideo Todd Shipbuilding USS Gannet USS Hamilton

SS Pipestone County sunk by U-576/Heinicke N of Bermuda: 23 rescued by Tropic Star, fought off another U-boat, 13 by USCG Calypso, 10 by F/V Irene & May

November 28, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 28, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Captain Richard E. Hocken Circle Line XI F/V Irene & May Hans-Dieter Heinicke Radevormwald SS Ashburton SS Oregon SS Tropic Star SS Yomah USCG Calypso

SS Steelmaker sunk by U-654/Forster NW of Bermuda, 1 boat found by USS Rowan, another by SS British Exporter, Radio Operator adrift alone 29 days

November 27, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 27, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Captain Leonard Duks Federal Shipbuilding Harley A. Olson Radio Operator Isthmian Lines Passenger Alfred James Larchmont SS British Exporter SS Oregon SS San Jacinto U-654 USS Rowan DD 405

M/T San Arcadio sunk by U-107/Gelhaus NE of Bermuda, 9 survivors of 50 picked up by plane at sea, landed Bermuda

November 26, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 26, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
3rd Mate Joseph Ross Stephens Capt. Walter Frederick Flynn Harland & Wolff Lt. Joseph Abraham Jaap Mariner 74-P-17 Naval Air Station Bermuda NOB Bermuda Squadron VP 74 U-107

SS Stanbank sunk by U-103/Winter May 1942 NE of Bermuda, 1 boat w/ 9 missing, other w/ 40 rescued, taken to St. George’s Bermuda after 10 days

November 24, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 24, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Barnes Bermuda Sailors Home Capt George Albert Niddrie Clark George engine JA Billmeir Meyer St. George's Morris Oerlikon Pierce Schwab Snape SS Ruth Stanhope SS Co. U-103 U-217 William Pickersgill

S/T San Gerardo sunk by U-71/Flachsenberg N of Bermuda, 6 survived on 2 rafts, 51 perished

November 23, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 23, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Capt. Stanley Foley Carl Olin Jack Aldren John Timmins MT Regent Panther Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron co Walter Flachsenberg William Hopkins William John Paul Williamm McNinch
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M/T Svenor sunk by U-105/Schuch NW of Bermuda bridge ablaze killed all deck officers, 2 lifeboats rescued by Portuguese Cunene

November 23, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 23, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Capt Carlos Sergio Arruda Convoy HX 183 Curacao in WWII Hans Nicolai Thormodsen Harald Sønneland Heinrich Schuch Sam Ugelstads Rederi Swan Hunter U-154

SS Somme sunk by U-108/Scholtz NE of Bermuda, motor launch floated free, was sunk, 3 lifeboats never found, all perished

November 23, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 23, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Capt. Clarence Cornish Prosser Convoy ON 62 Fregattenkapitän Klaus Scholtz John Brew Taranaki Royal Mail Lines Short Brothers Ltd. SS Somme SS War Toucan U-103 U-106 U-107 U-108 UBoats Bermuda

SS Robin Hood US ship sunk by U-575/Heydemann NW of Bermuda, 14 killed, 26 rescued by USS Greer, taken to Bermuda

November 23, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 23, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Argonaut Line Bermuda Sailors Home Infirmary Capt. john A. O'Pray HMS Devonshire King Edward VII Memorial Hospital Bermuda Robin Line Seas Shipping Co Skinner & Eddy SS Derryheen SS Tisnaren U-575

SS Oakmar, sunk by U-71/Flchsenberg NW of Bermuda 20 Mar 42, 30 men found in lifeboat, other lifeboat w/ captain missing

November 22, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated November 22, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Admiral James Bermuda WWII Calmar SS Co Capt. Nolan Eugene Fleming Dixie Arrow Eastmoor MV Talisse NOB Bermuda Ranja SS Stavros Steamship Historical Society U-564 U-71 U-boats Bermuda Walter Flachsenberg

M/V Peisander sunk by U-653/Feiler: 1 boat shunned by ship which was sunk 4 hours later, 2 boats shunned rescue ship off Nantucket

October 11, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated October 11, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Caledon Shipbuilding Capt. Angus Shaw CGC General Greene WPC 140 CGR-37 John R. Stilgoe Madaket Station Lifeboat Newcastle Australia Schooner Sande SS Baron Semple SS Cape of Good Hope SS Fred W. Green SS Plow City USS Davis DD 395

M/T Norland sunk by U-108/Scholtz: all 48 men rescued by 10 ships, 1 plane, attacked by U-boats 3 times, aided by U-boats 3 times….

October 6, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated October 6, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
CGC 453 CGC 473 CGC General Greene WPC 140 F/V Alpha & Estelle F/V Hunting-Sanford Malampus Maria Amelia Mirandella Polyphemus Schooner Sande Torvanger U-103 U-106 U-107 U-108 U-84

M/S Pleasantville sunk by U-135/Praetorius, 10 men rescued by Chickasaw City, 35 by Polish ship Paderewski, taken to Trinidad

October 5, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated October 5, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
A. F. Klaveness Capt. Jerzy Adam Mieszkowski Capt. Johan Wildhagen Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Co Gdynia-Ameryka Linie Zeglugowe GAL Skibs A/S Mandeville SS Paderewski U-172 U-214 U-98

M/T Pan Norway sunk by U-123/Hardegen NE of Bermuda: neutral Mount Aetna came to rescue of 40 Norwegians, took them to Lisbon

October 1, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated October 1, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Capt. Johan Arndt bach Capt. Stavros Sotirchos Carmen Greencorn Heinz Kalmar Jerry Mason Per Holm Oslo Rethymnis & Kulukundis Robert Orwin schooner Carmen Siri Holm Lawson SS Republic Swan Hunter U-123

SS West Notus sunk by U-404/von Bülow NW of Bermuda – Capt & 3 KIA, 36 men picked up by MV Saentis, SS Constantinos H, landed NY & BDA

September 29, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated September 29, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Ben Tashimoro Capt. Loren McIntyre Charles Toguchi Discovery of Amazon Source MV Falstria MV Saentis Otto von Bulow SS Anna SS Anthemis SS Christian Horn SS Constantinos H SS Domino SS Fred W. Green SS Nanceen SS Oregon

SS Tacoma Star sunk by U-109/Bleichrodt NE of Bermuda; SOS gave wrong position so 97 men perished

September 20, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated September 20, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Blue Star Line Capt. Robert George Whitehead Capt. W H Bevan Heinrich ‘Ajax’ Bleichrodt John Someone Reginald James Wooding SS Fred W. Green SS Wangaratta SS War Theseus stowaways U-109 U-130 U-564

SS Uskbridge sunk by U-93/Korth off UK, 21 survivors landed Bermuda aboard SS Cristales Oct. 1940

September 17, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated September 17, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Bermuda Sailors Home Burntisland Shipyard Claus Korth Convoy OB 228 Dickie Tucker Erhardt & Dekkers Gladwyn Hamilton Bermuda HMCS Shedia Royal Gazette & Colonist SS Fred W. Green SS Katwijk U-124 USCGC Spencer

SS St. Margaret sunk by U-66/Markworth; survivors rescued by USS Hobson, Capt. made POW in Germany, 3 KIA

September 16, 2014March 2, 2023 Updated September 16, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
1st Officer George Hamilton Captain David S. Davies Cdr. Kenneth Loveland USN Joseph L. Thompson & Sons SS Bloody Marsh SS Cherry Valley SS Montevideo SS Nailsea Belle U-103 U-66 USS Corry DD 454 USS Ellyson USS Hobson DD 464 USS Ranger

SS Triglav sunk by U-66/Markworth SE of Bermuda, 19 men rescued by SS Iciar of Spain, taken to Gibraltar, 24 lost

September 14, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated September 14, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Bermuda in WWII Compania Naviera Guipuzcoana Friedrich Markworth Jugoslavenski Lloyd Laurenco Marques Mozambique Lobito Angola S.S. Parracombe U-66

SS Westmoreland sunk by U-566/Borchert, 20 men rescued by Henry R. Mallory, 45 by SS Carthart

September 14, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated September 14, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Capt. Edgar R. Kemp Capt. Ernst Arthur Burton HMS Sumar HMS Wild Swan Lt. Francis Edward Nuessle New Zealand Shipping Co. SS Carthart SS Federal SS Henry R. Mallory U-107 U-402 USS Gannet

M/T Victolite, sunk by U-564/Suhren 260 miles NNW of Bermuda Feb. 11th 1942 – all 47 men perished

September 14, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated September 14, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
A. Stephens & Sons Glasgow Auke Visser Capt. Peter McLean Smith Donald A. Baker Harold Getson Montrolite Mount Reid BC Neil Munro Reinhard Suhren U-564 Robert Fisher Sulzer U-107 U-109 U-154 U-564
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M/S Opawa sunk by U-106/Rasch in Feb. 1942 NE of Bermuda: 54 men in 3 boats perished, 1 boat rescued by Dutch ship Hercules, landed New York

September 7, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated September 7, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Alexander Stephens & Sons Captain Wilfred George Evans OBE Hermann Rasch New Zealand Shipping Co. NZHistory.net Oamaru NZ Ordeal by Sea ShipsList Siri Holm Lawson SS Hercules U-106 U-107

M/T Narragansett sunk by U-105/Schuch North of Bermuda March 1942 – all 49 men aboard perished, ship sighted by planes afire and hull-up

September 7, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated September 7, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Auke Visser Beaverburn Capt. Michael Blackburn Roberts Germaniawerft Heinrich Schuch Jerry Mason Lt. W. A. Thorne NOB Bermuda PanAir
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