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1 U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas and Bermuda Triangle February 1942 – December 1944 MAPS, DIAGRAMS, CHARTS OF: U-BOATS SUNK BY ALLIES MERCHANT AND WAR SHIPS SUNK BY AXIS LOCATIONS WHERE SURVIVORS LANDED INTERLOCKING CONVOY ROUTES THROUGH BAHAMAS Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com [email protected] / Mob: 1 (203) 856 9677 January 2010
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas and Bermuda Triangle February 1942 – December 1944 MAPS, DIAGRAMS, CHARTS OF: U-BOATS SUNK BY ALLIES MERCHANT AND WAR SHIPS SUNK BY AXIS LOCATIONS WHERE SURVIVORS LANDED INTERLOCKING CONVOY ROUTES THROUGH BAHAMAS. Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas and Bermuda Triangle
February 1942 – December 1944
MAPS, DIAGRAMS, CHARTS OF:
U-BOATS SUNK BY ALLIESMERCHANT AND WAR SHIPS SUNK BY AXISLOCATIONS WHERE SURVIVORS LANDED
INTERLOCKING CONVOY ROUTES THROUGH BAHAMAS
Eric T. Wiberg, Esq.,
www.uboatsbahamas.com
[email protected] / Mob: 1 (203) 856 9677
January 2010
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U-Boats Sunk in Bahamas Region June 1942- Aug.1943Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
U-157
U-176
U-158
U-84
U-359
U-94U-759
U-159
U-521, U-548, U-85, U-701, U-576, U-352 OFF CAPE HATTERAS
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U-Boats Sunk in Bahamas Region 1942-1943Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
U-157, Wolf Henne, 13 June 1942, 24.13N / 82.03 W, all 52 killed: US Coast Guard cutter USS Thetis based Key West and patrolling Straits of Florida
U-158, Erwin Rostin, 29 June 1942, 32.50N / 67.28 W, all 54 killed including Spanish merchant
skipper (guest): US Mariner aircraft USN VP-74 from Bermuda vectored by U-158's radio telling of the EVERALDA sinking
U-94, Otto Ites, 28 August 1942, 17.40N / 74.30 W, 19 killed, 26 rescued by US Navy. Sunk by a VP2
aircraft’s and depth charges and ramming by Canadian Flower Class Corvette Oakville U-176 Reiner Dierksen, 14 May 1943, 23.21N / 80.18 W, all 56 killed: sunk by Cuban Patrol Boat CS-
13 vectored in by US Mariner aircraft protecting convoy
U-359 Hienz Förster, 26 July 1943, 18.06N / 75.00 W, all 47 killed: American Mariner aircraft (VP Squadron 32, P-12)
U-159 Heinz Beckmann, 28 July, 1943, 15.57N / 68.30 W, all 53 killed: US Mariner Aircraft VP-32/P-1 U-179 Rudolf Friedrich, 15 July 1943, 15.58N / 73.44W, all 47 killed: US Mariner aircraft, P-10, VP-32 U-84 Horst Uphoff, 6 August 1943, 27.55N / 68.30 W, all 46 killed: American Liberator aircraft VB-
105/B-4 USN
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Survivors of U-Boat Attacks Landed in Bahamas Island 1940-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
ANGLO SAXON (2)
O.A. KNUDSEN (32)
KOLLSKEGG (38) ON BUSHRANGER
POTLATCH (47)
VERGERMERE (POTLATCH)
K-74 AIRSHIP (9)
VIVIAN P. SMITH (11)
FAUNA (27)
SC 1059 (28)
YP 453 (22) WARRINGTON (68)
CYGNET (35)
DAYTONIAN (58)
VINELAND (34)
ABGARA (34)
ATHELQUEEN (46)
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Survivors of U-Boat Attacks Landed in Bahamas Island 1940-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
ANGLO SAXONUK
41 39 2after over 100 days at sea only 2 survivors land Eleuthera
O.A. KNUDSEN 11007 Norway 34 2 32survivors landed in Abaco by local schooner, then by Govt steamer to Nassau minus one crew died/buried Abaco
KOLLSKEGG 9,858 Norway 42 4 38 crew rescued by BUSHRANGER, met up with KOLL survivors, taken to Halifax
ATHELQUEEN 8,780 UK 49 3 46 Crew row ashore Hope Town Abaco where 3 drown/buried
DAYTONIAN 6,434 UK 59 1 58 58 (landed in Nassau, Bahamas then Miami)
POTLATCH 6,085 US 55 8 47survivors drifted for 26 days, landed Great Inagua, then Little Inagua, then Acklins, where rescued by VERGERMERE, taken promptly to Nassau
BUSHRANGER 4,536 Panama
took survivors from KOLLSKEG to Nassau Apr. 11, 42
VINELAND 5,587 Canada 35 1 34 Master Robert A. Williams and 33 others landed "at Turks Island" - Grand Turk?
ABGARA 4,422 Latvian 34 0 34 torpedoed just 15 miles SE of Great Inagua
CYGNET 3,628 Greek 35 0 35 30 or so survivors must have landed at San Salvador 5 miles to the West
FAUNA 1,254 Dutch 29 2 27 Presumed to have landed in Turks & Caicos
VIVIEN P. SMITH 130 UK 11 0 11 Turks & Caicos are nearest land and downwind from them
VERGERMERE UK 47 survivors of Potlatch taken from Acklins to Nassau in 2-3 days
K-74 (USN Blimp) US 10 1 9 9 picked up off North Elbow Cay by USS SC 657, USS Destroyer DAHLGREN
YP 453 (Yard Patrol Vsl) US 22 0 22 average crew size 22, all presumed rescued
SC 1059 (Sub Chaser) US 28 0 28 average crew size 28, all presumed rescued
USS WARRINGTON US321
248 735 officers and 68 seamen picked up by US navy vessels presumably from the US. Survivors either landed more likely a port in the SE US, particularly in the interest of keeping the loss secret.
Total Ships: 17805
309 496
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas Region 1942-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
Listed by # on chart / ship name / date of attack / Lat/Long, Distance / Direction from nearest Bahamian Island
1 ANGLO SAXON LIFEBOAT 30-Oct-40 25.20N 76.25W 0 NE
2 PAN MASSACHUSETTS 19-Feb-42 28.27N 80.08W 115 NW
3 REPUBLIC 22-Feb-42 27.05N 80.15W 60 NW
4 CITIES SERVICE EMPIRE 22-Feb-42 28.25N 80.02W 118 NW
5 MAMURA 26-Feb-42 29.00N 76.20W 165 NE
6 MACGREGOR 27-Feb-42 19.50N 69.40W 116 SE
7 OREGON 28-Feb-42 20.44N 67.52W 120 SE
8 GUNNY 2-Mar-42 27.09N 66.33W 490 NE
9 MARIANA 5-Mar-42 22.14N 71.23W 45 SE
10 O. A. KNUDSEN 5-Mar-42 26 17N 75 50W 65 NE
11 MELPOMENE 6-Mar-42 23.35N 62.39W 465 E
12 SKANE 6-Mar-42 20 50N 62 05W 490 SE
13 TONSBERGFJORD 6-Mar-42 31.22N 68.05W 560 E
14 ASTREA 6-Mar-42 29.12N 64.29W 610 NE
15 CARDONIA 7-Mar-42 19.53N 73.27W 65 SE
16 BARBARA 7-Mar-42 20.00N 73.56W 100 SE
17 MONTEVIDEO 8-Mar-42 29.13N 69.35W 385 NE
18 HANSEAT 9-Mar-42 20.25N 74.07W 35 SE
19 CYGNET 10-Mar-42 24.05N 74.20W 5 E
20 CHARLES RACINE 10-Mar-42 23 10N 60 28W 580 E
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas Region 1942-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
Listed by # on chart / ship name / date of attack / Lat/Long, Distance / Direction from nearest Bahamian Island
21 OLGA 11-Mar-42 21.32N 76.24W 20 S
22 TEXAN 11-Mar-42 21.34N 76.28W 60 SE
23 COLABEE 13-Mar-42 22.10N 77.30W 22 SW
24 DAYTONIAN 13-Mar-42 26.33N 74.43W 115 NE
25 ALBERT F. PAUL 13-Mar-42 26.00N 72.00W 185 E
26 TREPCA 13-Mar-42 37.00N 73.25W 650 N
27 ATHELQUEEN 15-Mar-42 26.50N 75.40W 50 NE
28 OSCILLA 15-Mar-42 19.15N 60.25W 520 SE
29 STANGARTH 16-Mar-42 22.45N 57.40W 347 SE
30 PEDER BOGEN 23-Mar-42 24.41N 57.44W 675 E
31 ATIK 27-Mar-42 36.00N 70.00W 650 N
32 TREDINNICK 29-Mar-42 27.15N 49.15W 850 E
33 MANGORE 31-Mar-42 24.40N 80.00W 145 NW
34 GULFSTATE 3-Apr-42 24.26N 80.18W 60 W
35 COMOL RICO 4-Apr-42 20.46N 66.46W 245 SE
36 CATAHOULA 5-Apr-42 19.16N 68.12W 200 SE
37 KOLL 6-Apr-42 34.39N 68.25W 700 NE
38 KOLLSKEGG 6-Apr-42 34.58N 68.38W 750 NE
39 KORSHOLM 13-Apr-42 28.21N 80.22W 90 NW
40 LESLIE 13-Apr-42 28.35N 80.19W 135 NW
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas Region 1942-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
Listed by # on chart / ship name / date of attack / Lat/Long, Distance / Direction from nearest Bahamian Island
41 VINELAND 20-Apr-42 23.05N 72.20W 41 SE
42 HARPAGON 20-Apr-42 34.45N 65.50W 800 NE
43 DERRYHEEN 22-Apr-42 31.20N 70.35W 450 E
44 SAN JACINTO 23-Apr-42 31.10N 70.45W 290 N
45 MOBILOIL 29-Apr-42 26.10N 66.15W 368 SE
46 FEDERAL 30-Apr-42 21.13N 76.05W 30 SE
47 WORDEN 30-Apr-42 28.21N 80.23W 135 NW
48 LA PAZ 1-May-42 28.15N 80.20W 80 NW
49 SAMA 3-May-42 25.04N 79.45W 30 W
50 LAERTES 3-May-42 28.21N 80.23W 125 NW
51 OCEAN VENUS 3-May-42 28.21N 80.23W 130 NW
52 ECLIPSE 4-May-42 27.06N 80 03W 64 NW
53 ABGARA 5-May-42 20.45N 72.55W 17 SE
54 AFOUNDRIA 5-May-42 19.59N 73.26W 60 SE
55 HALSEY 6-May-42 27.14N 80.03W 67 NW
56 AMAZONE 6-May-42 27.21N 80.04W 68 NW
57 JAVA ARROW 6-May-42 27.35N 80.08W 85 NW
58 OHIOAN 8-May-42 26.31N 79.59W 58 NW
59 LUBRAFOL 9-May-42 26.42N 80.01W 54 NW
60 W.D. ANDERSON 10-May-42 27 09N 79 56W 55 NW
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas Region 1942-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
Listed by # on chart / ship name / date of attack / Lat/Long, Distance / Direction from nearest Bahamian Island
61 CLAN SKENE 10-May-42 31.43N 70.43W 485 NE
62 MAMBI 13-May-42 21.25N 76.40W 54 NW
63 NICKELINER 13-May-42 21.25N 76.40W 56 SE
64 POTRERO DEL LLANO 14-May-42 25.35N 80.06W 39 W
65 NICARAO 16-May-42 25.20N 74.19W 95 NE
66 FAUNA 17-May-42 22.20N 72.20W 25 SE
67 FAJA DE ORO 21-May-42 23.30N 84.24W 230 SW
68 E. P. THERIAULT 22-May-42 24.30N 83.55W 170 SW
69 YORKMOOR 28-May-42 29.30N 72.29W 318 NE
70 WESTERN HEAD 29-May-42 19.57N 74.18W 72 SE
71 BUSHRANGER 1-Jun-42 18.15N 81.25W 450 S
72 DOMINO 2-Jun-42 22.00N 77.00W 53 SE
73 ILLINOIS 2-Jun-42 24.00N 60.00W 600 E
74 TRITON 2-Jun-42 26.00N 59.34W 690 E
75 CITY OF ALMA 3-Jun-42 23.00N 62.30W 465 E
76 DELFINA 5-Jun-42 20.20N 67.07W 225 SE
77 ASTERION 7-Jun-42 0 S
78 L. A. CHRISTENSEN 10-Jun-42 27.44N 63.54W 525 E
79 HAGAN 11-Jun-42 22.00N 77.30W 21 S
80 HARDWICKE GRANGE 12-Jun-42 25.45N 65.45W 420 E
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas Region 1942-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
Listed by # on chart / ship name / date of attack / Lat/Long, Distance / Direction from nearest Bahamian Island
81 MANAGUA 16-Jun-42 24.05N 81.40W 63 SW
82 MILLINOCKET 17-Jun-42 23.12N 79.58W 32 SW
83 CHEERIO 19-Jun-42 18.02N 67.40W 265 SE
84 THOMAS MCKEAN 22-Jun-42 22.00N 60.00W 590 SE
85 PUTNEY HILL 26-Jun-42 24.20N 63.16W 450 E
86 PEDRINHAS 26-Jun-42 23.07N 62.06W 495 E
87 POTLATCH 27-Jun-42 19.20N 53.18W 980 SE
88 RAPHAEL SEMMES 28-Jun-42 29.30N 64.30W 480 NE
89 SEA THRUSH 28-Jun-42 22.38N 60.59W 595 SE
90 ONONDAGA 29-Jun-42 22.40N 78.40W 30 S
91 EVERALDA 29-Jun-42 31.00N 70.00W 465 NE
92 TYSA 30-Jun-42 25.33N 57.53W 665 E
93 NORLANDIA 4-Jul-42 19.33N 68.39W 190 SE
94 UMTATA 7-Jul-42 25.35N 80.02W 42 W
95 J.A. MOFFETT, JR. 8-Jul-42 24.47N 80.42W 52 SW
96 NICHOLAS CUNEO 9-Jul-42 23.54N 82.33W 125 SW
97 ONEIDA 11-Jul-42 20.17N 74.06W 53 SE
98 CARMEN 11-Jul-42 19.43N 70.12W 105 SE
99 GERTRUDE 16-Jul-42 23.32N 82.00W 75 SW
100 FAIRPORT 16-Jul-42 27.10N 64.43W 400 NE
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas Region 1942-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
Listed by # on chart / ship name / date of attack / Lat/Long, Distance / Direction from nearest Bahamian Island
101 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 21-Jul-42 24.08N 82.23W 102 SW
102 ANDREW JACKSON 23-Jul-42 23.32N 81.02W 35 SW
103 VERGERMERE 29-Jul-42 22.26N 73.58W 0 SE
104 RUTH 29-Jul-42 21.44N 74.05W 17 SE
105 MALDONADO 2-Aug-42 28.20N 63.10W 580 E
106 WAWALOAM 6-Aug-42 39.18N 55.44W 1500 N
107 VIVIEN P. SMITH 10-Aug-42 21.50N 68.40W 140 SE
108 MEDEA 12-Aug-42 19.54N 74.16W 65 SE
109 MANZANILLO 12-Aug-42 24.20N 81.50W 75 SW
110 SANTIAGO DE CUBA 12-Aug-42 24.20N 81.50W 75 SW
111 DELMUNDO 13-Aug-42 19.55N 73.49W 95 SE
112 EVERELZA 13-Aug-42 19.55N 73.49W 95 SE
113 MICHAEL JEBSEN 13-Aug-42 21.45N 76.10W 17 SE
114 EMPIRE CORPORAL 13-Aug-42 21.45N 76.10W 17 SE
115 STANDELLA 13-Aug-42 21.41N 76.09W 20 SE
116 SANDE 30-Aug-42 21.22N 76.00W 40 SE
117 VIRGINIA SINCLAIR 10-Mar-43 20.11N 74.04W 48 SE
118 JAMES SPRUNT 10-Mar-43 19.49N 74.38W 100 SE
119 YP 453 (USN) 15-Apr-43 0 N
120 SANTA CATALINA 24-Apr-43 30.42N 70.58W 412 NE
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U-Boat and Italian Submarine Attacks in Bahamas Region 1942-1944Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
Listed by # on chart / ship name / date of attack / Lat/Long, Distance / Direction from nearest Bahamian Island
121 JOHN SEVIER 6-May-43 20.49N 74.00W 25 SE
122 ESSO GETTYSBURG 10-Jun-43 31.02N 79.17W 275 NW
123 BLOODY MARSH 2-Jul-43 31.33N 78.57W 280 NW
124 K-74 (USN Blimp) 18-Jul-43 24.00N 80.50W 5 SW
125 CHERRY VALLEY 23-Jul-43 25.10N 68.35W 260 E
126 LIBERTAD 18-Dec-43 34.30N 74.32W 500 N
127 PILLORY 5-Jun-44 18.25N 67.17W 275 SE
129 WARRINGTON 15-Sep-44 27.55N 73.42W 175 NE
130 SC 1059 (USN) 11-Dec-44 0 S
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Allied Interlocking Convoy Routes in Bahamas Region 1942-Eric T. Wiberg, Esq., www.uboatsbahamas.com, Jan. 2010
