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Tag: Axel Niestle

U-889 surrendered Nova Scotia, sunk by USS Flying Fish off Cape Cod on 20 Nov. 1947

October 28, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 28, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England
Admiral Donitz Axel Niestle Derek Waller Escort Force W-6 Friedrich Braeucker Gloucester MA in WWII HMCS Buckingham HMCS Inch Arran Kittery ME Portsmouth Naval Shipyard U-234 USS Flying Fish SS 229

U-857 under Rudolf Premauer transited New England en route to being sunk in April 1945

October 25, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 25, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Atlantic States Axel Niestle BElgian Airman Gudmundur Helgasson homing torpedo from blimp Horten Norway Irwin Manchen SS Katy SS Swiftscout U-510 U-857 USS Gustafson

U-582 under Werner Schulte patrolled off New England 4 days, sank no ships

October 17, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 17, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Axel Niestle blockade-runner Rio Grande Gysae Kenneth Wynn U-Boat Operations light cruiser Koningsberg U-582 U-98 Uboat.net

U-754 under Johannes (Hans) Oestermann patrolled 4 days off New England, sank no ships there

October 5, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated October 5, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Axel Niestle barge Alleghany barge Barnegat Herman Schoemann Z-7 ship Otho SS Kollskegg tug Menominee U-151 Uboat.net

U-125 under Ulrich Folkers’ fruitless 11-day patrol off Nantucket in Jan. 1942, scoured the coast of Siasconset, Mass.

September 22, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated September 22, 2015by Eric Wiberg
New England U-Boat Patrols
Admiral Donitz Axel Niestle Convoy HG 76 HMS Oribi HMS Snowflake Light Cruiser Emden Nantucket Lightship Nantucket WWII Sconset Siasconset SS Olney SS West Ivis U-123 U-125 Uboat.net Z-8 Bruno Heinemann

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