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Tag: WWII

M/S Agra of Sweden sunk off Bermuda, 33 rescued by SS Tercero, landed Bermuda incl 7 US volunteers April 20, 1942

February 1, 2014March 7, 2017 Updated February 1, 2014by Eric Wiberg
Attack Narratives Bermuda
American Field Service Carl Adam Grafton Fay Ludwig Forster M/S Agra Gothenberg Peter C. Brooks SS Cape of Good Hope SS Tercero survivors landed Bermuda Swedish East Asiatic Company U-564 U-654 Wallenberg WWII
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M/V Stede Bonnet, built in Bahamas as a minesweeper for the Royal Navy, served Abaco on mail run 27 years

July 6, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 6, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
Abaco history M/V Church Bay M/V Deborah K mail boat M/V Stede Bonnet Minesweepers built Bahamas MMS 195 Nassau Roland T. Symonette Symonette Shipyards WWII

M/V Ena K. carried mail, cargo, passengers Miami-Nassau over 1,000 times, late 1920s to mid 1940’s

July 2, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 2, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
Albury & Co. Agents Betty K Capt. Charles A. Pettee Ena K. Grover Theis Harbour Island Bahamas Isle of June Miami Daily News O A Knudsen Saunders & Maden SS Athelqueen SS Cygnet SS Daytonian SS Federal SS Kollskegg SS Potlatch WWII

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

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

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

Hermann Rasch of U-106 spent 25 days around Bahamas May – July 1942, sank Mexican tanker

July 1, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 1, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Hermann Rasch SS Atenas SS Carrabulle SS Etrib SS Faja de Oro SS Lady Drake SS Potrero del Lano U-103 U-106 U-boat commanders U-boat patrol USS Hampton Roads USS Mentor USS Owl WWII

U-Boat commander Werner Winter spent 13 days around Bahamas in May, 1942 – sank 9 ships in other theaters

July 1, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated July 1, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas Bermuda
German U-boat patrol SS Alcoa Carrier SS Clare SS Elizabeth SS Hector SS New Jersey SS Ogontz SS Ruth SS Ruth Lykes SS Samuel Q. Brown SS Stanbank U-103 Werner Winter 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

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

Monarch of Nassau ex-Sir Charles Orr, rescued Cygnet crew March 1942

June 23, 2013March 7, 2017 Updated June 23, 2013by Eric Wiberg
Bahamas
Carl Sawyer di Cossato Hermit of Cat Island John Hawes Monarch of Nassau Nassau Bahamas R.Smg. Enrico Tazzoli Roland Roberts San Salvador Bahamas Sir Charles Orr SS Cygnet U-Boats Bahamas WWII

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