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Tag: Battle of the Caribbean

SS Montevideo, neutral Uruguayan ship sunk SE of Bermuda in March 1942 by the Italian sub Enrico Tazzoli under di Cossato

November 24, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated November 24, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
Battle of the Caribbean Betasom Capt. Rodriguez Valera Carlo Fecia di Cossato Giuseppe Finzi Maldonado R.Smg. Enrico Tazzoli SS Adamello SS Explorer SS Montevideo SS Raphael Semmes SS Telamon SS Tonsbergsfjord U-128 Uruguay in WWII

SS Norlandia, sunk by U-575 under Heydemann, July 3rd 1942, north of the DR, survivors landed at Samana, DR

August 3, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated August 3, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Capt. Herbert Elvin Callis Gunther Heydemann Merchant & Miners Norasco Steamship Co. North Atlantic & Gulf Steam Co. SS Lake Galleta SS Norlandia U-575

U-201 Bahamas patrol April 1942: sank Derryheen & San Jacinto under Ali Schnee

August 3, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated August 3, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Adalbert Schnee Adi Schnee Battle of the Caribbean Elba sailing school Knights Cross with Oak Leaves Silent Otto Kretschmer SS Derryheen SS San Jacinto SS Victoria U-201

SS Nicarao, sunk of Eleuthera by U-571 under Bigalk in May, 1942

August 2, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated August 2, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Calvi Capt. Cecil Desmond Eleuthera Bahamas in WWII Gerhard Bigalk SS Nicarao U-125 U-571 U-751

SS Montevideo, Uruguayan neutral sunk by Italian sub Tazolli under di Cossato in March 1942 NE of Puerto Rico

August 2, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated August 2, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Betasom Capt. Rodriguez Valera Carlo Fecia di Cossato Giuseppe Finzi Maldonado R.Smg. Enrico Tazzoli SS Adamello SS Explorer SS Montevideo SS Raphael Semmes SS Telamon SS Tonsbergsfjord U-128 Uruguay in WWII

U-190 under Max Wintermeyer had fruitless patrol NE of Abaco, Eleuthera July 1943

July 16, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 16, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Cape Henry DE Lorient U-boat base U-105 U-190 U-62 U-boat patrol 1943 U-Boats Bahamas USAF Liberator

SS Milinocket, sunk by U-126 under Ernst Bauer 17 June 1942: there is a placque to dead sailors in Sagua la Grande Cuba

July 14, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 14, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Capt. Lewis Wesle Callis Francis E. Elliott Milinocket Maine Sague de Grande Cuba SS Millinocket U-126 U-129 VFW Post 4154

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-172 patrolled east of Bahamas, sank City of Alma, then north of Greater Antilles, under Carl Emmermann,

July 14, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 14, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean schooner Resolute SS Athelknight SS Bennestvet SS City of Alma SS Delfina SS Lebore SS Motorez SS Orcades SS Sicilien U-172

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-170 under Kapitänleutnant Günther Pfeffer, patrolled of Eleuthera, San Salvador, Anegada in March 1942

July 14, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 14, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Georgia WWII Great Abaco WWII Kapitänleutnant Günther Pfeffer U-170 U-171 U-boat Anegada U-Boats Bahamas U-boats Eleuthera

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

U-159’s 1st patrol to Bahamas, under Helmut Witte, who sank the US SS Illinois east of Bahamas in early June 1942

July 13, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 13, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Dutch SS Flora E. J. Sadler Edith Fort Good Hope Honduran schooner Sally Montenol Sixiola Solon Turman SS Ante Matkovic SS Illinois SS New Brunswick U-107 U-159 U-161

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 4th of 4 patrols to Bahamas under Richard von Harpe, Dec. 1943 (it sank Libertad off Hatteras not in the Bahamas)

July 5, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 5, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
1943 Battle of the Caribbean Cuban freighter Libertad Niko Clausen San Salvador U-129 U-516 U-544 Walker's Cay WWII in 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

Kapitänleutnant Ernst Bauer who sank 10 ships in the Bahamas area in 1942

July 5, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 5, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Ernst Bauer Gunny SS Barbara SS Cardonia SS Colabe SS Colabee SS Esso Bolivar SS Halo SS Hanseat SS Olga SS Texan U-126 U-504 U-506 U-Boat Ace U-Boats Bahamas USS Mariana

Colabee, struck by U-126 under Ernst Bauer grounded Cuba, salvaged – 23 crew were killed in rush to escape

July 5, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 5, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Capt. Lee Merchant Morgan Cuban SS Oriente Guantanamo Nuevitas Cuba salvage SS Cities Service Kansas SS Colabee SS Illinois U-126

British SS Clan Skene, sunk by Peter-Erich Cremer in U-333 on 10 May 1942 NE of Bahamas – 9 perished

July 5, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 5, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Capt. Gough SS Amalpa SS Charles Racine SS Clan Skene SS Esso Boston SS Everleza SS Halocrates SS Melpomene SS Republic SS Seminole U-158 U-333 U-Boats Bahamas USS McKean

little Dominican schooner Carmen sunk off the DR by U-166 under Hans-Gunther Kuhlmann on 11 July 1942

July 2, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 2, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
1942 Battle of the Caribbean Dominican Republic Gaspar Hernandez DR Hans-Gunther Kuhlmann Hispaniola Ponce Puerto Plata Puerto Rico schooner Carmen U-166 U-Boats Bahamas WWII

SS Cape of Good Hope sunk by U-502, Jurgen von Rosenstiel, SE of Bermuda 11 May 1942, rescued by schooner Sparrow in British Virgin Islands

July 2, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 2, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas Bermuda
Battle of the Caribbean Burgentura DR BVI Capt. Alexander Campbell Jurgen von Rosenstiel Lithgows Ltd. Road Town Tortola Schooner Sparrow SS Cape of Good Hope U-502

Kapitänleutnant Harald Gelhaus of U-107 took U-107 on patrol through the Bahamas in May/June 1942, sank SS Western Head

July 2, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 2, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Capt. Angus Ogilvie Nova Scotia Günther Hessler Harald Gelhaus schooner Cheerio SS Castilla SS Jagersfontein SS Kollskegg SS Merimack SS Suwied SS Western Head U-107 U-123 U-156 U-161

SS Barbara sunk by U-126, Ernst Bauer off Haiti 7 March 1942: “lack of discipline” leads to loss of 26 passengers & crew

July 2, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 2, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
Battle of the Caribbean Capt. Walter Hudgins Ernst Bauer Grace Line Inc. SS Barbara SS Cardonia SS Elizabeth SS Santa Cruz Tortuga Island Haiti U-103 U-126 William Cramp & Sons WWII

Latvian ship Abgara sunk of Great Inagua Bahamas, crew sailed to Cuba, then on schooner Fortuna

June 27, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 27, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
1942 Battle of the Caribbean Cape Maysi Cuba Great Inagua Klaus Schultz Latvian ship Playa Blanca Cuba SS Abgara SS Afoundria SS Everalda U-108 U-158 U-boats in Bahamas WWII

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