A freighter carrying bananas which was torpedoed to her watery grave by the U103 on February 4, 1942Description The CORK was a British passenger steamer Travelling from Dublin to Liverpool, she was sunk by U 103 commanded by KapLt Claus Rücker on 26 January 1918 Her wreck lies 9 miles north east off Lynas Point, Anglesey There were 12 casualtiesU103 did an emergency crash dive and resurfaced parallel to Olympic The liner turned and rammed the UBoat just aft of its conning tower, the ramming shoved the boat into the path of Olympic's port propellor which sliced into it, breaching the hull
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U-103 wreck-Original Question What is the name of the Titanic?P&O Line Fleet This fleet list covers all oceangoing vessels that at one time belonged in the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company fleet, commencing in 17 and ending with Canberra in 1961 Diveable wrecks are marked with an Aflag ( ) Launched as Delta (2)
USS Davis later sighted a distress flare and took on board 31 survivors from U103, nine lives having been lost This was the only known sinking of a warship by a merchant vessel during the First World War U103 was a Mittel type Uboat built by AG Weser at Bremen, Germany in She was 808 tons, and about 232 feet in overall length andU103 started to crash dive to 30 m (98 ft) and turned to a parallel course, but almost immediately afterwards was struck just aft of her conning tower and Olympic's port propeller sliced through U103 's pressure hull The crew of U103 blew her ballast tanks and scuttled and abandoned their sinking submarineAt the time of her sinking on 26 January, CORK was steaming northeast from Lynas Point, carrying a general cargo of sheep, horses, and cattle between Dublin and Liverpool She was sighted by U 103A torpedo hit at between one and two o'clock in the morning Hit on the port side, forward of the engineroom, her number three lifeboat was smashed in the explosion
In June 1941, he was appointed junior watch officer on U103, which went on to become the Uboat with the thirdhighest tonnage sunk in World War II There his commanders showered him with praise Although he was only 23, Kusch's ensuing swift rise through the ranks was not unusual at the time, amid the German military's growing appetiteJun 25, 07 · 2/4/1942 "So hot was the explosion that Winter ordered the U103 backed away Several of his men were allowed topside to see the results What they saw must have sickened them The India Arrow was engulfed with flames and the men were burning" From Torpedo Junction 6/23/07 The India Arrow was a tanker (sisterOct 29, · One of the number of the class was U550, this submarine born into the dimensionally larger Type IXC/40 subclass Type IXC boats were of an improved form and saw a slight increase to surfaced speeds and operational range and 87 of this subgroup were completed in all U550 was ordered on June 5th, 1941 and had her keel laid down by Deutsche
Identity of the wreck was confirmed by the two 3furnace boilers, her size, condition and construction along with the location in relation to known losses and finds The Kildale lies in 63 metres at 57 N 01 W orientated 010/190 degrees with bow to the north at 57 N 01 46o17W and the stern to the south at 57 N 01 WDuring an attack on convoy OB 244 NW of Ireland in which two ships were sunk, one of the convoy vessels turned to ram the surfaced U103 U103 fired a torpedo at the vessel, which missed, and just managed to evade ramming (Sources Blair, vol 1, page 8) 27 Apr 1943The OCEANIC was a 17,272 gross ton ship, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 19 for the White Star Line Her details were length 6857ft x beam 684ft, two funnels, three masts, twin screw and a speed of 19 knots There was accommodation for
Mar 07, 17 · U103's victims included the Ruth Lykes on the 17th, Ogontz two days later, both Clare and Elizabeth two days after that and on the 23rd and 24th the Samuel Q Brown and Hector On the 26th he dispatched the Alcoa Carrier and on the 28th the New Jersey, for total tonnage (including Stanbank) of 42,169 tons sunkJul 28, · 287 353 May 13, 05 #1 MAB Note On 12 May 1918, Olympic rammed and sank U103 off the Lizard, the only sinking of a submarine by a liner during World War I By war's end, though, as this article demonstrates, Olympic had sunk two subs that day, after having sunk one two years earlier For what it's worth, only one sub sinkinga ramming79 years ago this week the India Arrow was torpedoed off the coast o f Cape May 26 men were lost and only 12 survived on a cold winter surprise attack by German U103 The wreck lies 50 miles off shore in 190' It's a must see as the propeller is ' in diameter and stands proud A few years ago we recovered this engine room Telegraph
The Uboat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, ) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, ) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat Over pages on the officers, the boats, technology and the Allied efforts to counter the Uboat threatIt was attacked and damaged by two torpedoes from Uboat U103 at 1625 hours on 13 February 1941 The Uboat then left the burning tanker in a sinking condition southeast of Iceland At 1950 hours the same day, U96 came across the stricken wreck of Arthur F Corwin, which was still afloat, and sank her with two further torpedoesMay 31, 13 · The story of the collision of the HMTS Olympic and U103 was widely unknown until they found the wreck!
No Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three Olympicclass ocean liners operated by the White Star Line It later merged with Cunard (see below) from White Star Line Wikipedia The Oceanic StFeb 01, 14 · The wreck of U103, sunk in 1918 by the sister ship of the Titanic ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION Simon Tait, Simon de Bruxelles Saturday February 01 14, 11am, The TimesFeb 02, 16 · The high point of the RMS Olympic 's career was on May 12, 1918, when it intentionally rammed and sank the German submarine U103, which attempted to torpedo the Olympic The USS Davis rescued the Olympic 's survivors In the beginning, the Olympic was a commercial ship under Captain Herbert James Haddock WWI had started in 1914
Oct 22, 14 · Jan 1942 Freighter SS West Ivis broke in two after being torpedoed by U125 off the coast of Virginia, 45 killed Feb 1942 Tanker SS W LThe sister ship of RMS Titanic seagulls hover around the vessel during departure from Southampton March 28th, 1928 source mircsceduThe wreck of HMS Crocodile, which was discovered by local Diver Terry Crocker who now owns her, is quite scattered and is comingled with at least two other wrecksThe Crocodile was extensively salvaged at the time and most of her cannon removed Artifacts that have been found include iron cannon, copper pins marked with the British admiralty "broad arrow," a lead
On March 26, 1942, the Dixie Arrow was traveling unarmed and alone, approaching Cape Hatteras, enroute from Texas City, TX to Paulsboro, NJ with 96,000 barrels of crude oilThe U71 had spent the night waiting near the Diamond Shoals Light Buoy hoping to intercept targets With the breaking dawn, the uboat captain, KK Walter Flascheenberg, was about the order his boat to the bottomIn an attempt to seal off strategically important Malta, Axis forces repeatedly seeded its harbor with mines Every night, however, minesweepers defied darkness and submerged danger to clear the sea lanes Paying homage to such bravery, the Sea Hunters dive the wreck of the minesweeper EddyMay 11, · As Olympic's gunners opened fire, the massive former White Star liner turned to ram U103, which immediately crashdived and turned to run a parallel course Seconds later, Olympic struck U103 just aft of the conning tower The ship's port propeller quickly sliced through the submarine's pressure hull
On 21 Nov, 1940 northwest of Ireland, in position 5628N, 1413W, U103 was attacked by depth charges from the British corvette HMS RHODODENDRON but escaped undamaged U103 went out of service in March 1944 and was sunk on April 15th, 1945 atU103 reports sunk in 2330N/8637W American Steam Freighter 5,037 tons Torpedo U103 Sunk Crew 17;U103 started to crash dive to 30 m (98 ft) and turned to a parallel course, but almost immediately afterwards was struck just aft of her conning tower and Olympic's port propeller sliced through U103 's pressure hull The crew of U103 blew her ballast tanks and scuttled and abandoned their sinking submarine
80 years ago today, May 25, 1941 Two people are killed in attacks by U 103 (Type IX B, Schütze) 305 km southwest of Freetown One person dies when Schütze sinks the unescorted Egyptian steam merchant Radames (3575 GRT) by torpedoThe correct and full name of her is the RMS TITANIC The RMS prefix stand for Royal Mail Ship, and indicated that she carried mail on behalf of the Royal Mail, the British mail service She alsoAg 2 05//42 Halo Located in 480 feet U506
Treasure Quest, Season 1 Odyssey Marine Exploration, a world leader in private deepwater exploration and recovery, is gearing up for its most ambitious season of treasure hunting yet Its goal for the 08 season is extraordinary to find and recover two of the greatest shipwreck treasures ever lost at sea Their value well in excess of oneTASMANIA MV was a British Cargo Motor Vessel of 6,405 tons built in 1935 On the 31st October 1942 when on route from Calcutta Freetown (16 Oct) Glasgow in Convoy SL125 and carrying a cargo of 8,500 tons of foodstuffs, tea, jute, 2,000 tons of pig iron and 400 tons of ore she was torpedoed by German submarine U659 when N of MadeiraAug 30, · What was the damage to Olympic upon striking U103?
On February 2, Lieutenant Captain Werner Winter made a daylight attack with his U103 on the tanker WL Steed, 100 miles off Ocean City, Maryland After hitting and stopping the tanker with a single torpedo, Winter shelled the hapless tanker for 40 minutes with his mm deck gunRMS Olympic was an OlympicClass ocean liner Launched in 1910, she was the sister ship of the RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic At the time of her completion, she was the largest ship in the world, a distinction she would continue to hold with the exception of the brief time periods that her sister ships sailed She lived a full life in service until 1937 and became known as the "OldThe high point of the RMS Olympic's career was on May 12, 1918, when it intentionally rammed and sank the German submarine U103, which attempted to raymondbonn R
The India Arrow is an impressive wreck that has only been dove a few times recently About thirtyfive miles due east of Five Fathom Bank, the U103 (Winter) intercepted the tanker The India Arrow was steering a nonevasive course when the torpedo struck the starboard quarter at about the # 10 bunker The ship caught fire and began to sinkBaygitano The Baygitano was a 3,073grt, defensivelyarmed British Merchant Ship On the 18th March 1918 when 1½ miles SW from Lyme Regis she was torpedoed without warning by UC77 and sunk She is a great dive with lots of fish life and can be dived at almost any state of tide Check out the Divernet wreck tour hereThe shipwrecks known as the PHOSPHATE WRECK and the "OIL WRECK" in the Gulf of Mexico off Fort Myers have been identified by the Association of Underwater Explorers as the MUNGER T BALL U103 reports sunk in 2330N/8637W American Steam Freighter 5,037 tons Torpedo U103 Sunk Crew 17;
Concerning their 1912 workforce, former H&W Architect David Livingston (who alongside his expertise is also the sole H&W specialist to have inspected the wreck firsthand) openly called the research 'misleading', noting that large shipyards often needed to bring workers in, and still do without dropping standardsHere is some wreck footage and a animation showing hoAg 2 05//42 Halo Located in 480 feet U506 reports sunk in 2842N/9008W American Steam Tanker 6986 tons Torpedo U506 Sunk Crew 39 05/26/42 Atenas U106 reports attacking vessel at 2550N/05W American Steam Freighter 4,639 tons Shelled U
Today the wreck of U103 lies at a depth of approximately 90m halfway between Cornwall and France Its location and depth makes it largely inaccessible to divers but in 08 it was surveyed by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and subsequently identified During the First World War, 0 Uboats were lost with more than 5,000 officers and crewThere the matter rested, for some forty years, as the wreck lay slowly decaying on the sea bed Then, in 1967, Liverpool and London sold to John F Light the rights and interest in the wreck of the LUSITANIA on the understanding that it would not be salved as a whole, repaired and put into commission again, and also that the purchaser takes
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