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Re: HORST, PAUL & GRAUER ORT
Posted by: t-geronimo (IP Logged)
Date: April 01, 2018 02:53PM
According to war diary Admiral Ägäis (german C-in-C Aegean Sea) "Achilles" was sunk on 08.10.1944:
"06:10 and 11:30 submarine attack with guns and torpedoes by 2 subs.
Returned fire, one sub damaged, turned eastward. Second sub kept touch with convoy ("GK 91", "GD 92", motor vessels "Horst" and "Paul" and concrete ship "Achilles").
13:55 support by MTBs. 14:42 combined attack with guns and torpedoes. "Achilles" sunk by torpedo hit, "Horst" and "Paul" scuttled.
On 16.10.1944 the cement ship "Jakob 3" was scuttled.
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Best regards
Thorsten Reich
www.Forum-Marinearchiv.de
www.Historisches-Marinearchiv.de
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2018 02:56PM by t-geronimo.
"06:10 and 11:30 submarine attack with guns and torpedoes by 2 subs.
Returned fire, one sub damaged, turned eastward. Second sub kept touch with convoy ("GK 91", "GD 92", motor vessels "Horst" and "Paul" and concrete ship "Achilles").
13:55 support by MTBs. 14:42 combined attack with guns and torpedoes. "Achilles" sunk by torpedo hit, "Horst" and "Paul" scuttled.
On 16.10.1944 the cement ship "Jakob 3" was scuttled.
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Best regards
Thorsten Reich
www.Forum-Marinearchiv.de
www.Historisches-Marinearchiv.de
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2018 02:56PM by t-geronimo.
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