The Scorpenes are being built in India to gain experience and indigenous support capability. India had gained some earlier with the induction of HDW boats but as there was no follow-on programme, that experience was lost and all those involved in the project have retired. The only direct sub...
Ehrenberg has come to the notice of the top brass for rescuing another submarine on which he was serving with an ingenious if morally suspect maneuver placing the boat directly beneath the struggling survivors of a stricken boat. Decorated for his actions, his honour as a man of the sea is ...
Bill Witt grinned from ear to ear; the remark was reminiscent of other “rookies” and their first experiences at sea. “You’ll probably think you’ve completely lost some parts of your department of internal affairs before you get rightly acquainted with your new friend Mr. Neptune,” offer...
After the Chapel service Subbase opened up “Small Stores” for us because we had lost everything when the boat went down.After getting clothes from “Small Stores” we went to our berthing area in the Barracks.The only direction we got that night was, “you can have liberty, just don’...
I hooked an immense crust of coral and came near losing my grapnel in the strain. Sometimes the prong catches under a rocky ledge or in a crater; then, of course, the grapnel is lost, unless an under-sea current or something of the sort releases it. But usually it’s the cable that...
In Oct 1942, she was mysteriously lost shortly after departing on a war patrol; she likely struck a naval mine in the Gulf of Finland and became lost with no survivors.Source: uboat.net Last Major Revision: Feb 2013ShCh-320 Operational Timeline...
she rescued 7 of 8 survivors from a downed B-29 Superfortress bomber while USS Springer picked up the 8th. During the offensive portion of her fifth war patrol, she sank a freighter at 0600 hours on 30 Jun; about 12 survivors refused to be rescued, thus Trepang left them to die. In ...
Navy man. This book gives us so much insight into his life and death there are no words to express our appreciation. Until they died, Uncle Wilbur’s mother and family believed he was simply “lost at sea” and would return. I wish they could have read your book.”– Karen Crile ...
was detected within 300 feet of the submarine. So startling was the sound of the alarm that the system was known as "Hell's Bells." At one point, Bowfin's crew listened ominously as a mine's mooring cable scraped down the length of the boat's steel hull. Once in the Sea of Japan...
she became missing about 10 Sep 1941. She was listed as lost at sea in Nov 1941 by the Italian Navy. In 2004, it was discovered that an Australian Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF piloted by Flight Lieutenant Athol Galway Hope Wearne had attacked and most likely sank an unident...