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Post by shred on Dec 30, 2011 14:59:09 GMT
December 1918 - U boat held in captivity at the Manchester Ship Canal. Attachments:
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Post by shred on Dec 30, 2011 15:43:47 GMT
An article printed in December 1918. Attachments:
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Post by shred on Dec 30, 2011 15:48:57 GMT
It appears that the U boat was shipped to the USA after the stay in the ship canal. From uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=111U 111 Type U 93 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 280) Ordered 5 May 1916 Laid down Launched 5 Sep 1917 Commissioned 30 Dec 1917 Commanders 30 Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Kptlt. Hans Beyersdorff Career 4 patrols start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 3,011 tons. Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to the USA. The boat was used for exhibitions (to sell war bonds among other things) on the New England coastline. Later used for research and finally sunk by explosives in deep water off Cape Charles, Virginia..
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Post by prospectroad on Dec 31, 2011 9:00:52 GMT
Two U-boats went through the canal shortly after the end of the Second World War. The following is an extract from our draft book on Irlam and Cadishead's involvement in WW2: "On Thursday, 5th July 1945, the first German U-boat to sail along the Manchester Ship Canal, passed through Irlam locks. The U1023 spent a week on view at Pomona Dock. She was a 220ft, ocean-going submarine with a cruising range of 10,000 miles. She was fitted to carry 18 torpedoes. Her two 1,400 hp oil engines give her a surface speed of 17 knots, and two 500 hp motors a submerged speed of 8 knots. A second U-Boat went through the canal the following week."Attachments:
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Post by prospectroad on Dec 31, 2011 9:07:50 GMT
The second U-Boat Attachments:
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Post by shred on Jan 4, 2012 21:21:10 GMT
Hi Pete, This picture is of a leaflet I found at the SLHL tonoight.
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Post by prospectroad on Jan 4, 2012 21:26:36 GMT
Garry, brillliant, thank you!
Cheers Pete
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Post by bernard on Apr 8, 2013 11:08:26 GMT
Speaking to my mother-in-law yesterday she tells me she was aboard when it sailed along the Manchester ship canal
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