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Tag: Bahamas WWII

U-183 under Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Schäfer, a Type IXC4 U-boat transited Bahamas February 1943

July 14, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 14, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Bahamas WWII Battle of the Caribbean Caicos Passage Crooked Island Passage Honduran SS Olancho Mayaguana WWII Type IXC4 U-boat U-183 Yucutan Channel WWII

U-171 under Gunther Pfeffer, transited Bahamas from Bermuda to Caribbean Sea in mid July 1942, no ships sunk Bahamas

July 14, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 14, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Azores rendezvous Bahamas WWII Battle of the Caribbean SS Amatlan SS Oaxaca SS R. M. Parker U-170 U-171 U-460 U-548

U-161 under Albrecht Achilles on its 2nd of 2 patrols through Bahamas. Used the Mona Passage end July 1942

July 14, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 14, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Bahamas WWII Battle of the Caribbean schooner Cheerio SS Fairport SS Nueva Altagracia SS San Pablo Type IXC U-boat U-107 U-159 U-161 U-Boats Bahamas

SS Mariana, sunk by U-126 under Ernst Bauer east of Mayaguana, Bahamas – all 36 men perished 27 miles from land

July 14, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 14, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
Agwilines Bahamas WWII Capt. Ivan Elroy Hurlstone Gunny Newport News Shipbuilding SS Barbara SS Cardonia SS Colabee SS Esso Bolivar SS Hanseat SS Olga SS Seminole SS Texan U-126 USS Mariana

U-753 surprised by SS Domino on June 2, 1942 – under Alfred Manhart von Mannstein

July 6, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 6, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Alfred Manhardt von Mannstein American Sugar Refining Co. Bahamas WWII blockship breakwater ship BuDocks Nuevitas Cuba WWII SS Bethnor SS Domino SS Vera Cruz U-753

Ernst Kals of U-130 sank Grenanger, Esso Boston east of Bahamas in April 1942

July 6, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 6, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
1942 Anegada Passage Bahamas WWII Battle of the Caribbean Bullenbay Curacao Grenanger Hardegen Knights Cross Mona Passage SS Esso Boston U-130 UBoats Bahamas

U-129 patrol 3 of 4 to Bahamas – Hans-Ludwig Witt, sank the Santa Catalina & Melbourne Star

July 5, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 5, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Bahamas WWII Battle of the Caribbean Cape Hatteras WWII Hans-Ludwig Witte SS Hardwicke Grange SS Melbourne Star SS Millinocket SS Onondaga SS Panam SS Santa Catalina U-126 U-129 USS Swanson

Ulrich Heyse in U-128 was the first commander to sink ships in the Bahamas area, starting with the O A Knudsen March 5, 1942 off Abaco

July 5, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 5, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Bahamas WWII Battle of the Caribbean Operation Neuland R.Smg. Enrico Tazzoli SS Athelqueen SS Cities Service Empire SS Cygnet SS Daytonian SS Pan Massachusetts U-128

Peiping crew, sunk by U-66 just contacted me from Sweden 71 years later!

June 27, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 27, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas Bermuda
Bahamas WWII Battle of the Caribbean Freidrich Markworth Germuan U-boat Gothenburg Guadeloupe neutral Swedish ships SS Guadeloupe SS Peiping Swedish steamship U-66 WWII

Latvian ship Everalda, indirectly caused U-158/Rostin loss

June 26, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 26, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas Bermuda
Bahamas WWII Captain Hartinsons German submarines 1942 Irwin Rostin Latvian ships WWII SS Everalda U-158 U-boat attacked from air U-boat sunk U-Boats Bahamas US Navy World War II USAF

Capt. Knut O. Bringedal of the O. A. Knudsen, Knutsen OAS 1942 Abaco Bahamas

June 25, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 25, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas Bermuda
Abaco Bahamas Bahamas WWII Captain Knut O. Bringedal Cornwall Abaco Haugesund Knutsen OAS Olaus Johansen tanker O. A. Knudsen U-Boats Bahamas US Navy World War II USAF

Captain Knut O. Bringedal

June 25, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 25, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Abaco Bahamas WWII Captain Knut O. Bringedal Cornwall Abaco Cross Harbor Haugesund Knutsen OAS Olaus Johansen Percianna II SS Illinois tanker O. A. Knudsen U-128 U-Boats Bahamas Ulrich Heyse yacht Content S.

Carlo Fecia di Cossato, Italian Duke, commander of R.Smg. Enrico Tazzoli WWII in the Bahamas

June 23, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 23, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Bahamas WWII Betasom Carlo Fecia di Cossato Dixon Hill Italian Navy Monarch of Nassau Nassau Bahamas R.Smg. Enrico Tazzoli Regia Marina San Salvador Bahamas SS Athelqueen SS Cygnet SS Daytonian

Map of 130 ships sunk by UBoats in the Bahamas 1942-1944

June 23, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 23, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
1942 Bahamas 1942 Bahamas WWII Bermuda triangle Bermuda WWII chart Cuba WWII Dominican Republic WWII Haiti WWII map Merchant ships sunk Operation Neuland U-boat attacks U-boats in Bahamas

Potlatch survivors, Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson, Nassau Bahamas August 1942

June 23, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 23, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Bahamas WWII Betty Carstairs Duchess of Windsor Kings Point Marion Carstairs Michael Carbotti Nassau Bahamas 1942 Nathan Kaplan Rozelda Hotel SS Potlatch U-153 USMMA Cadets Wallis Simpson WWII
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Welcome to Uboatsbahamas, blog for a book

June 23, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 23, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
1942 Bahamas WWII Battle of Caribbean Bestasom Drifting to the Duchess Italians subs merchant marine Nassau Bahamas Norwalk Operation Neuland Schooner Vivian P. Smith shipwreck survivors SS Athelqueen SS Cygnet SS Daytonian SS Fauna SS Kollskegg SS Potlatch SS Vineland U-boats U-boats in Bahamas WWII book

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