try again, the name must be unique, Show{{#moreThan3_total}} {{value_total}} {{/moreThan3_total}} comments, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful I have a lot of info already, but am particularly interested in photos and news reports. On 4 September 1939, Laconia was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. 22.30 Boat is in the debris field full of Italians, cannot help further, have taken 193 on board, this is the extreme limit for prolonged submerging. 22.22 He was Welsh from a small village called Nantyffyllon, near Maesteg, Glamorgan. There was an explosion in the hold and many of the Italian prisoners aboard were killed instantly. 04.00 21.07 FF 7721 [8], Amongst the French ships involved in the rescue were Annamite, Dumont-d'Urville and Gloire.[13][14]. 3) Delivery of all rescued to a French ship or harbor arranged. "What a lousy torpedo!" There was a muffled noise, like the slamming of a large door a good distance away. Please When the torpedo struck at 8:10 pm many of the Italian prisoners were killed instantly. They have not been abandoned and the matter is now the subject of legal proceedings." You might see you relatives. The senior officer on duty there, Robert C. Richardson III, claimed to be unaware [12] of the Germans' radio message, recklessly ordered that the U-boats be attacked. Media requires JavaScript to play. A steamer is detected on short wave close by: his transmitter hits on 25 meters across all bands. It is considered a “prima facie” war crime. More regarding neutralization to follow. to your comment. [Gibbons and his fellow passengers were picked up by the Royal Navy six hours later.]. There are one squadron details on line but not then. Grindstone Island Cars As the boat's crew steadied its head into the wind, a black hulk, glistening wet, approached slowly. The Laconia was a British passenger ship. There is a movie (quite well done) about the Laconia Incident, free to watch on Youtube, and also a book “The Sinking of the Laconia and the U-Boat War…” by James P. Duffy. My father was one of the raf families evacuated from Egypt in 1940. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post Grandad was ordered to stand guard at the stairs where surviving prisoners might try to escape after the torpedo hit. Steamer sends on 25 meters: At 9:11 pm Laconia sank, stern first, her bow rising to be vertical, with Sharp himself and many of the Italian prisoners still on board. Pictures - Laconia RMS (I) [+1917] - WRECK WRAK EPAVE WRACK PECIO Learn how your comment data is processed. Hundreds from shipwreck are floating with only life preservers. The treasure-hunters have been appointed "custodian" of the wreck and its contents, including 852 bars of silver and 132 boxes of silver coins worth an estimated £3m. It must have been a fizzer'. 1) Hartenstein turn over rescued to the first arriving boat, presumably Würdemann then continue to the south. Does anyone else know of any other survivors who were also shipped to the USA? I asked. [8] While most British and Polish troops and crew survived, only 415 Italians were rescued, out of 1,809 who had been on board.[9]. Your email address will not be published. 23.23 FF 7721 And can guess the end of the story but I would still like to know what it was, however unpleasant and distressing it may be. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. poor, heavily cloudy. River Monsters Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. The crew was attacked by the... by Anonymous - The most insightful comments on all subjects Initiated surface attack. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. "I should say 4,000 to one." My grandad, Edwin Turvey, was on a Cunard cruise ship that had been converted to a troop carrier during WWII. Read more. Therefore the steamer must be substantially larger. However, on 12 December 1942, it was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of West Africa. The orders concerning the bringing in of skippers and chief engineers stay in effect. From their families. 04 S 11 25 W The Laconia, was sunk on 12 September 1942. There were lifebelts on their bodies and they floated away, but I believe they were dead before they were washed overboard. At this moment, the ship gave a sudden lurch, sideways and forward. 4 52 S 11 26 W.

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