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Coast Guard Strikes Back! Awarded Navy Cross
On this date in 1942 (May 9), thirty miles Southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, U-352 attacks US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Icarus but misses with 2 torpedoes.
USCGC Icarus (WPC-110) a steel-hulled, diesel-powered Thetis-class patrol boat, counterattacks with depth charges forcing U-352 to the surface. The crew abandons ship and scuttles U-352 (15 killed, 33 survivors). (WW2Daybyday)
Wikipedia reports, Icarus sank the U-boat U-352 off the coast of North Carolina and took its survivors into custody as prisoners of war. U-352 was the second World War II U-boat sunk by the US in American waters, and the first one from which survivors were taken as prisoners.
U-352 Incident
While in Torpedo Alley, off the coast of Cape Lookout en route to Key West on May 9, 1942, Icarus picked up a contact on sonar, and a torpedo exploded nearby. Icarus anticipated the presumed U-boat's next move and dropped 5 depth charges at the site of the prior torpedo explosion. As sonar picked up a moving target again, Icarus moved to intercept, dropping two more depth charges, apparently hitting their target as bubbles were seen rising to the surface. Passing the spot again, Icarus dropped three more charges. Shortly thereafter, U-352 surfaced, and Icarus opened fire with machine guns and prepared for a ramming maneuver. When the U-boat's crew abandoned ship, Icarus ceased fire, releasing one last depth charge over U-352 as it sank beneath the water.
The only U-boat previously sunk on the East Coast had gone down with all hands, and there were no standing orders concerning the rescue of survivors. Icarus had to call both Norfolk and Charleston before receiving authorization to pick up U-352's survivors. Forty minutes after the incident, Icarus picked up 33 of its crew, including U-352's commander, Kapitänleutnant Hellmut Rathke, and delivered them to the Commandant of the 6th Naval District at Charleston Navy Yard the next day.
For his actions in sinking U-352, Lieutenant Maurice D. Jester, commander of the Icarus, was awarded the Navy Cross. There were only six Coast Guard recipients of the Navy Cross during World War II.
Icarus was decommissioned on March 15, 1948 and sold on July 1, 1948 to the Southeastern Terminal and Steamship Company. She was later transferred to the Navy of the Dominican Republic where she was renamed Independencia (P-105, later P-204). She saw combat in the Dominican Civil War in 1965, was rebuilt in 1975, and was later sent to reserve.
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May 09
1784
HMS Crocodile (24) wrecked in thick fog on Prawle Point, Devon 1795
HMS Melampus (36), Sir Richard Strachan, HMS Diamond (38) Cptn. Sir W. Sidney Smith and another frigate left anchorage in Gourville Bay, Jersey and took convoy of 11 French merchantmen and 2 gun-vessels, Eclair and Crache-Feu.
1812 HMS America (74), Cptn. Josias Rowley, HMS Leviathan (74) Cptn. Patrick Campbell, and HMS Eclair (18), Cptn. John Bellamy, carried the batteries at Languelia and captured or destroyed French convoy of 18 vessels.
1859 HMS Heron (12), William Henry Truscott, foundered between Ascension and Sierra Leone
1864 The Battle of Heligoland. The Danish North Sea Squadron under Cptn. Edouard Suensson, frigates Niels Juel and Jylland, and the corvette Heimdal, defeat an Austrian squadron under Linienschiffskapitän von Tegetthoff, frigatesSchwarzenberg and Radetzky, and the 3 Prussian paddle steamer gunboats Preussischer Adler, Blitz and Brasilisk.
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are these the ones you are refering to -
On Eternal Patrol -- May 8
On this date in 1942 (May, British submarine HMS Olympus leaves Malta ferrying crews from sunken submarines HMS Pandora, HMS P36 and HMS P39 to Gibraltar. HMS Olympus soon hits a mine and sinks (89 killed, 9 survivors swim 7 miles back to Malta). (WW@daybyday)
The wreck of HMS Olympus will be discovered in 2011.
The Daily Mail reports that a team of explorers has discovered the wreck of a British submarine that sunk off the Maltese coast during the Second World War.
HMS Olympus struck a mine in the early hours of 8 May, 1942 shortly after she left Malta Harbor under the cover of darkness.
Nearly 90 men perished in what was one of the worst naval disasters of the war. Only nine of the vessel's 98 crew members survived after swimming seven miles back to shore in cold water.
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i purchased more as a just in case, but then replaced 100, so i have spares and they are not as expensive as i thought.
all the best
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Jerry
i used medium c/a http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everbuild-Industrial-Superglue-General-Purpose/dp/B006PFN3BW/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1368014776&sr=8-14&keywords=super+glue
and i purchased another 200 tiles from Caldercraft
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happy birthday, have a nice day
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22434753
70 years on: Britain remembers Battle of the Atlantic -
May 08
1744 HMS Northumberland (70), Cptn. Thomas Watson (mortally wounded), captured by a French squadron of Content (62) and Mars (64).
1781 HMS Mentor (16), Robert Deans, burnt to avoid capture and HMS Port Royal (18) captured by the Spaniards at Pensacola
1794 HMS Placienta (6) wrecked off Newfoundland
1804 HMS Vincejo (16), John Westly Wright, captured by French flotilla of 6 brigs and 5 luggersoff the mouth of the Morbihan
1807 Boats of HMS Comus (22), Cptn. Conway Shipley, cut out Spanish felucca San Pedro from under the protection of a strong fort and two batteries in the port of Gran Canaria.
1811 HMS Scylla (18), Arthur Atchison, boarded and carried French privateerCanonniere (10), Ensgn. Jean Joseph Benoit Schilds (Killed in Action), and 1 ship of her convoy of 5 off Roscoff.
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lol - leave the Somerset wabbits out of it
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Jerry
are you going for the kit tiles or copper tape, , yr build looks great, lol -
i wish i had 5 hours a day spare, managed 4 hours during the whole of last week
all the best
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lol, in time of conflict, i guess being in a pre sunk boat - has it's advantages
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The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915, during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against Britain.
The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 20 minutes. The vessel went down 11 miles (18 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 and leaving 761 survivors. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military recruiting campaigns of why the war was being fought.
Lusitania had the misfortune to fall victim to torpedo attack relatively early in the First World War, before tactics for evading submarines were properly implemented or understood. The contemporary investigations both in the UK and the United States into the precise causes of the ship's loss were obstructed by the needs of wartime secrecy and a propaganda campaign to ensure all blame fell upon Germany.
Argument over whether the ship was a legitimate military target raged back and forth throughout the war as both sides made misleading claims about the ship. At the time she was sunk, she was carrying a large quantity of rifle ammunition and other supplies necessary for a war economy, as well as civilian passengers. Several attempts have been made over the years since the sinking to dive to the wreck seeking information about precisely how the ship sank, and argument continues to the current day.
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very nice, well done
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thanks grant,
in the early stages, i wondered if i would ever get it right, continually redoing everything - gun ports wales etc, wondering if i had bitten off more than i could chew, in such a expensive kit - at least any mistakes there are - is the same both sides
lol i have had to turn my plans back to front in front of a window to see through the paper to take measurements - i was finding it very strange working on the plans being back to front
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May 07
1694Henry Every (also spelled Avery) leads a mutiny aboard the privateer Charles IIanchored off La Coruna, Spain.
1709 HMS Postillion (10), wrecked near Ostend
1765 HMS Victory launched
1779 Continental Navy sloop Providence (12), Cptn. John Rathbun, captures British brigDiligent (12) off Cape Charles
1794 HMS Swiftsure (74), Captain Charles Boyles, captured Atalante (36), Cptn. Charles-Alexandre-Leon Durand-Linois
1798 HMS Victorieuse (14), Cptn.Edward Stirling Dickson, captured French privateerBrutus (6), Cptn. Rousel, off Guadeloupe.
1808 Boats of HMS Falcon (14), Lt. John Price (act. Cdr.), captured two sail at Lundholm.
HMS Redwing (18), Thomas Ussher, destroyed seven Spanish vessels and drove some into the surf from a convoy of 12 merchantmen escorted by 7 armed vessels near Cape Trafalgar. only 3 vessels escaped.
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Keith
I did 23 ½ years from 1974 starting in warships (HMS SHEFFIELD and HMS FIFE) then went into submarines in 1980 (HMS ODIN, HMS CHURCHILL, HMS REPLUSE, HMS SCEPTRE) I retired in1998 but rejoined again in2001 and did another 10 Years (HMS SCEPTRE and HMS VANGUARD)
I enjoyed my time but actually don’t miss it now, home every night and weekends, no duties or guns and in a routine, lifes good
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i realised the build name was in my nick name of 30+ years, and the signature was my real name, since i left the RN the Wilber has not been used - so i am weaning my self away from it. To save any confusion - i changed the build to both, but seams to have back fired somewhat, i wonder if Dr Pers can help me
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Build time 812 hours
Not much to show this week, even though a long weekend (May Day Bank Holiday) only 4 hours was available to me, all the channels for the port side have be completed (2 of the 5) have been attached.
All my trails and tribulations early on in the build, in getting everything set up right, are now paying off. It is making my life so much easier, as it all seams to a a refection (as should be to the stbd side)
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after conversion
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Another step nearer Paul, those window panes will keep the the admiral warmer on a cold winters day whilst cruising through the baltic
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May 06
1682
HMS Gloucester (60) wrecked off Yarmouth
1709
HMS Portland (48) re-captured Coventry.
1741
Samuel Hood entered the navy as Captain’s Servant on HMS Romney (48)
1801
Nelson succeeds Parker as Commander-in-Chief, Baltic.
Lord Thomas Cochrane in HMS Speedy (14) captures Spanish xebec frigate El Gamo (32), Cptn. Don Francisco de Torris (Killed in Action), off the coast near Barcelona.
1805
Boats of HMS Unicorn (32), Cptn. Lucius Hardyman, took French privateer Tape a bord (4) in the West Indies.
1814
British squadron under Sir James Lucas Yeo of HMS Prince Regent (56), HMS Princess Charlotte (42) and consorts destroyed a fort and captured USSGrowler (5) and other vessels at Oswego, Lake Ontario
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HMS VICTORY by Kevin - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/72
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Good evening everyone
no update so far this week and not not now either, but my flag locker inserts arrived, dropped and email to Jotika/Caldercraft on Tuesday, and they arrived today
all the best