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spidge · 17-04-2007, 11:58 AM

For the Seadogs: April 17th 1943. From: SeaWaves Magazine

1943 - Destroyer escorts USS Emery & Gantner launched

1943 - Frigates USS Sheboygan & San Pedro laid down

1943 - U-175 sunk SW of Ireland, in position 47.53N, 22.04W, by depth charges & gunfire from the USCGC Spencer. 13 dead and 41 survivors

1943 - Destroyer escort USS Gilmore commissioned

1943 - U-1200, U-1271 laid down

1943 - U-314, U-473, U-855 launched

1943 - U-850 commissioned

1943 - Minesweepers USS Motive & Prevail commissioned

1943 - U-631 had a collision with U-71in the North Atlantic. Both boats were damaged, and U-71 had to return to base

1943 - At 0747 & 0749, U-628 fired torpedoes at the convoy HX-233 in grid BE 4615 (47°22N/21°58W) and observed one hit on each of two ships. In fact, Fort Rampart was damaged and the American steam tanker Harrison Smith was missed. At 1130 the same day, U-628 hit the straggling Fort Rampart with a coup de grâce, but the vessel did not sink, until 0326 on 18 April when U-226 finally sank the ship about 900 miles ENE of the Azores with a coup de grâce and gunfire. Fort Rampart was on her maiden voyage. Six crewmembers were lost. The master, 40 crewmembers, six gunners and three passengers (DBS) were picked up by HMCS Arvida & landed at Greenock

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spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,054	For the Seadogs: April 17th 1943. From: SeaWaves Magazine 1943 - Destroyer escorts USS Emery & Gantner launched 1943 - Frigates USS Sheboygan & San Pedro laid down 1943 - U-175 sunk SW of Ireland, in position 47.53N, 22.04W, by depth charges & gunfire from the USCGC Spencer. 13 dead and 41 survivors 1943 - Destroyer escort USS Gilmore commissioned 1943 - U-1200, U-1271 laid down 1943 - U-314, U-473, U-855 launched 1943 - U-850 commissioned 1943 - Minesweepers USS Motive & Prevail commissioned 1943 - U-631 had a collision with U-71in the North Atlantic. Both boats were damaged, and U-71 had to return to base 1943 - At 0747 & 0749, U-628 fired torpedoes at the convoy HX-233 in grid BE 4615 (47°22N/21°58W) and observed one hit on each of two ships. In fact, Fort Rampart was damaged and the American steam tanker Harrison Smith was missed. At 1130 the same day, U-628 hit the straggling Fort Rampart with a coup de grâce, but the vessel did not sink, until 0326 on 18 April when U-226 finally sank the ship about 900 miles ENE of the Azores with a coup de grâce and gunfire. Fort Rampart was on her maiden voyage. Six crewmembers were lost. The master, 40 crewmembers, six gunners and three passengers (DBS) were picked up by HMCS Arvida & landed at Greenock __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm