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Tag: U-66

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

September 16, 2014March 7, 2017 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

MV Peiping sunk by U-66/Markworth 9 September 1942 off Bahamas

April 26, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated April 26, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
Artur Larsson SS Peiping submarine attack narrative U-66 U-boats Bahamas WWII

U-66 under Friedrich Markworth May 1943 Bahamas patrol

April 23, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated April 23, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Esso Gettysburg SS Bloody Marsh SS Cherry Valley U-103 U-66 U-84 U-Boats Bahamas

U-66 under Richard Zapp, Bermuda patrol January 1942

April 18, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated April 18, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Bermuda U-Boat Patrols
Bermuda WWII U-123 U-125 U-166 U-66 U-boats Bermuda

U-66 under Freidrich Marckwoth Bermuda patrol May 1943

April 18, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated April 18, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Bermuda U-Boat Patrols
Esso Gettysburg SS Bloody Marsh SS Cherry Valley U-103 U-66 U-84 U-boats Bermuda

MS PEIPING 1st-hand account by Artur Larsson, sunk U-66/Markworth 9 Sept. 1942 Sargasso Sea

March 9, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated March 9, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Artur Larsson Deshaies Guadeloupe Dodlig Resa Mickael Lundgren MS Guadeloupe Pigal Saint Hyacente Sargasso Sea ship dog ship monkey SS Brageland SS Nagara SS Peiping Swedish merchant ships WWII U-66

U-161 under Albrecht Achilles briefly patrolled east of Bahamas mid-March 1942

July 14, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 14, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Richard Zapp SS British Consul SS Circe Shell SS Fairport SS Mokihana SS Sarniadoc SS Umtata SS Uniwaleco U-161 U-66 USS Acacia

Cherry Valley survived attack by U-66 under Friedrich Markworth and lasted till 1971

July 4, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 4, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Auke Visser Capt. John H. Rose Friedrich Markworth HNMS Jan van Brakel Kaymar Tankers Lt. Hillman plane 105 B-1 Puerto Rico SS Cherry Valley St. David's Bermuda tanker survives U-boat attack U-66

exactly 70 years ago Bloody Marsh was sunk by U-66 under Friedrich Markworth

July 2, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 2, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bahamas
1942 Bud Shortridge Capt. Albert Harrison Charleston Esso Gettysburg Friedrich Markworth Naval Armed Guard Savannah SC 1048 SS Bloody Marsh SS Cape of Good Hope U-66 US Maritime Commission WWII

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

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