Tag: WWII
M/V Stede Bonnet, built in Bahamas as a minesweeper for the Royal Navy, served Abaco on mail run 27 years
by Eric Wiberg
M/V Ena K. carried mail, cargo, passengers Miami-Nassau over 1,000 times, late 1920s to mid 1940’s
by Eric Wiberg
little Dominican schooner Carmen sunk off the DR by U-166 under Hans-Gunther Kuhlmann on 11 July 1942
by Eric Wiberg
exactly 70 years ago Bloody Marsh was sunk by U-66 under Friedrich Markworth
by Eric Wiberg
SS Barbara sunk by U-126, Ernst Bauer off Haiti 7 March 1942: “lack of discipline” leads to loss of 26 passengers & crew
Hermann Rasch of U-106 spent 25 days around Bahamas May – July 1942, sank Mexican tanker
by Eric Wiberg
U-Boat commander Werner Winter spent 13 days around Bahamas in May, 1942 – sank 9 ships in other theaters
by Eric Wiberg
Latvian ship Abgara sunk of Great Inagua Bahamas, crew sailed to Cuba, then on schooner Fortuna
Peiping crew, sunk by U-66 just contacted me from Sweden 71 years later!
by Eric Wiberg
Monarch of Nassau ex-Sir Charles Orr, rescued Cygnet crew March 1942
by Eric Wiberg