Pen & Sword Books ~ German U-Boat Losses During WWII – Details of Destruction

WARSHIP WEDNESDAY, June 30/2021@20:47-BRAVO ZULU, Axel. As you well know, and i am sure you have this BOOK….DEATH of the U-Boats, By Edwin Palmer HOYT, has U-BOATS SUNK in W.W.II/1939-1945. Also MANY PEOPLE can use the CROSS-REFERENCE, and OPPOSITE RESEARCH BOOK; Axis Submarine Successes, by Jurgen Rohwer…when DOING SERIOUS RESEARCH OF W.W.II NAVY, and THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC/1939-1945!!!

GREAT RESEARCH…BRAVO ZULU Axel…as YOU HAVE ANOTHER FOR YOUR COLLECTION!!!

Yours Aye: Killick Vison…Brian Murza, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

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Author: Axel Niestle
Published by Frontline Books
Imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd.
Copyright © Axel Niestle, 2014
ISBN 978-1-84832-210-3
Hardcover – 305 pages
SRP – £20.00 UK / $34.00 US

German U-Boat Losses During WWII – Details of Destruction by Axel Niestle is the culmination of many years of added research and information from dives which clear up inaccuracies with military reports and to fill in some of the holes left from previous publications from others.

This 305 page book is broken down into a few sections:

Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
1 – Principles of U-Boat Loss Assessment during WWII
2 – German U-Boat Numbers and types 1935-1945
3 – Loss Register
Appendices
1 – Chronological List of German U-Boat Losses During WWII
2 – Tabular Monthly Overview of the Cause of U-Boat Losses
3 – Distribution of German Front-line U-Boats…

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A Virtual Visit to Arlington National Cemetery.

RED FRIDAY-IN U.S.A., May 21, 2021@23:16-WELL, THIS SACRED GROUND, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA, U.S.A., IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, REMORSEFUL, EDUATIONAL, AND ALL ETC., s…VISIT, AND Y’ALL WILL NEED MORE THAN ONE VISIT, TO COVER ALL OF ARLINGTON!!!

I VISITED Audie MURPHY;S UPRIGHT MILITARY MARKER 3-5 TIMES, AT EX-PRESIDENT John KENNEDY’S ETERNAL FLAME…I WITHOUT DISRESPECT=LIT MY CIGAR…ON THE ETERNAL FLAME, AND DRANK A 16 OUNCE CAN OF BUDWEISER…AS I THANKED EX-PRESIDENT John KENNEDY…FOR MY FREEDOM, AND TALKED TO EX-PRESIDENT KENNEDY ABOUT PINUP GIRL…Marilyn MONROE…IN WHICH I CAUGHT WITH A GLIMPSE OF MY EYE, TWO W.W.II VETERANS, AND THEIR WIVES LAUGHING AT ME…SO I HAD TO GO OVER-INTRODUCE MYSELF…AND SHAKE THE GENTLEMEB’S HAMDS, AND THANK THEM FOR MY FREEDOMS…AND WELL, I ENJOYED MY FIRST VISIT SO MUCH TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY; THAT I HAD TO COME BACK 3-4 TIMES AFTER, THE FIRST VISIT!!!

LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET.

Blog Credit: NOT YOUR AVERAGE AMERICAN.

GO SEE/VISIT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VIRGINIA, U.S.A., JUST A STONE THROW FROM THE NATION’S CAPITOL…WASHINTON, D.C., U.S.A., YOU WILL NOT REGRET THE VISITS!!!

Yours Aye: Brian Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Not Your Average American

A view of Arlington National Cemetery from the Air Force Memorial.
As we are all preparing to enjoy the upcoming three day weekend, I want to gently remind you that Memorial Day did not begin as a time to celebrate the first days of summer. The origins of the day came after the Civil War. Families of deceased soldiers came together on Decoration Day to honor their loved ones. Today, you too can honor our men and women who sacrificed for our Nation because no matter what you believe about a particular war, its rightness or its wrongness, I hope you agree that the soldiers who died are worthy of our remembrance and our respect.

Although it is possible to visit many different National Cemeteries in the United States, and even a few not within our borders, it isn’t always easy. I assembled this slideshow of Arlington National Cemetery…

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Texas, Padre Island

Thursday, May 20, 2021#22:46-TEXAS, U.S.A., IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE THIRD BIGGEST STATE IN AMERICA…ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, THEN PROBABLY MONTANA, U.S.A.

IF YOU WANT A GREAT TRAVEL IN THE WINTER; AS EXPLAINED MANY TIMES BEFORE…KEY WEST, FLORIDA, U.S.A., ALL THE WAY NORTH, TO TI-MIAMI TRAIL…HWY 42, ACROSS TO SOUTH NAPLES, FLORIDA, U.S.A., THEN ALL THE WAY NORTH AND WEST, TO BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, U.S.A., THAT IS FUC.ING RIGHT, JOSE, YES WAY…KEY WEST, FLORIDA, U.S.A., TO BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, U.S.A., ON THE GULF OF MEXICO!!!

GREAT WINTER TRAVEL, and THEN SOME!!!

BABYDOLLS, BEERS, FOOD, VACATION SIGHTS, SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, NICE PEOPLE, AND A VACATION; Y’ALL WILL NEVER, EVER, FUC.ING FORGET!!!

YEE FUC.ING HAW, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, and THEN SOME!!!

Brian CANUCK-THE BREEZE Murza…TRAVELS IN AMERICA…1979-1980-1981-1985-1986-1998 TO 2002, from Hamilton/Mount Hope, Ontario, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA.

Blog Credit: Traveling U.S.A.

traveling usa

Incredible birds shows, night lights, nice people

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IJN Yamato (Battleship)

WARSHIP WEDNESDAY, May 19/2021@00:01-WELL, MOST OFTEN I DO NOT WRITE ABOUT THE AXIS, UNLESS IT IS OUR ALLIES SINKING, DAMAGING, ETC., THEM, IN NAVAL BATTLE; THOUGH I HAVE POSTED THE AXIS W.W.II WARSHIPS, A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND HERE AGAIN AS I.J.N., YAMATO WAS SUNK IN APRIL, 1945, IN THE PACIFIC…BY U.S.NAVAL FORCES, INCLUDING U.S.N., AIRCRAFT!!!

NOTE: Y’ALL CAN CHECK OUT THESE OTHER AXIS WARSHIPS POSTED, ON THIS BLOG, AND BY THE WAY, FOR WARSHIP WEDNESDAY; I.J.N., YAMATO…WAS THE WORLDS BIGGEST WARSHIP , DURING ALL OF W.W.II/1939-1945!!!

BRAVO ZULU; U.S.N., AND THEIR NAVAL AIR BRANCH, WITH WARSHIPS…AS I.J.N., YAMATO, EVEN IN APRIL 1945, WITH 5 MONTHS OF W.W.II/WAR LEFT IN THE BATTLE FOR THE PACIFIC, HAD TO BE SUNK, and THEN SOME!!!

Blog Credit: Battleships: Big Boats and Big Guns for Big boys

Yours Aye: Brian Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Battleships: Big Boats and Big Guns for Big boys

Line drawing of Yamato as she appeared in 1944–1945 (specific configuration from 7 April 1945)

The IJN Yamato was undoubtedly the most powerful battleship in the world during her short reign of the Pacific in World War 2.

As the KMS Bismarck was to the Atlantic Theater so too was the IJN Yamato to the Pacific Theater. Undoubtedly the most powerful battleship ever built, the Yamato was a mammoth ship design bristling with cannon and machine gun power backed up by armor that reached close to 20 inches in spots. The Yamato was to own the Pacific Theater and might have done so had the aircraft carrier not solidified its presence in the conflict as the new king of the seas.

With international treaties limited new warship construction to a reasonable 35,000 tons, the Imperial Japanese Navy set about to construct the massive 65,000+ ton Yamato and her sister ship…

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TOMLINSON, Ernest, RN.

Tuesday, May 18/2021@21:52-Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, a humble and a contrite heart; Lord God of Hosts be with us yet, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET.

Poem by Rudyard Kipling.

At the going down of the SUN, and in the MORNING; WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Note: Royal Navy in W.W.II/1939-1945; WITH THEIR OFFICIAL NUMBER BEGINNING WITH THESE LETTERS, CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING ESTABLISHMENTS/STONE FRIGATES…WERE THEY WERE RECRUITED…D-DEVENPORT, C-CHATAM, P-PORTSMOUTH!!!

Blog Credit: DARLASTON REMEMBERS.

Yours Aye: Brian Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

DARLASTON REMEMBERS

TOMLINSON, Ernest, D/JX 619209 Able Seaman.
H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy.

Son of Clarence and Hilda Tomlinson of Wednesfield.

HMS. President III was not actually a ship it was the ship-name given to the establishment located at Dedworth Manor and which was administered under strict naval discipline. This establishment was responsible for the pay, accounts and administration of the D.E.M.S. (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships) personnel, worldwide, and was directly responsible to D.N.A. (The Director of Navy Accounts) at Admiralty.

Although he was in the Royal Navy, and on the complement of HMS President III, he was, along with thousands of other sailors, assigned to a merchant ship, in his case the S.S. Oriskany.

The ship was on a voyage from Newport South Wales to London when she was torpedoed and sunk by U 480 on the 24th February 1945 just 4 miles off Penzance.

When he was killed Ernest was…

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HMS Hood

SUNDAY, MAY 16/2021@01:24-THE SINKING OF THE ROYAL NAVY BATTLESHIP, H.M.S. HOOD, ANNIVERSARY…IS COMING UP, MAY 24, WHICH WILL MAKE IT 80 YEARS AGO…MAY 24/1941-MAY 24, 2021.

IF YOU ACCUMULATE, YOUR RESEARCH IS THE REWARD…ACCUMULATION, YOU WILL REALIZE THAT ONLY THREE MEN SURVIVED FROM THE SINKING OF H.M.S. HOOD’S SINKING, IN WHICH Wikipedia, AND MANY OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY ARE GREAT RESEARCH SOURCES!!! SOCIAL MEDIAS ARE GREAT RESEARCH SOURCES.

KEEP W.W.II NAVAL HISTORY ALIVE; AND DO NOT FORGET, THE PINHEAD ADMIRAL Alex…ALBE…ALECO…Alex HILLYARD, THE PINHEAD ADMIRAL Alex HILLYARD, P.C., RATBOY COWARDS NAVY=R.C.N., OF 1993-2021 THE ERA, WITH PRESIDENTS AND CURATORS Gary OSTOFI, HAMILTON POLICE FORCE, Aleco HILLYARD, PRESIDENT…SHOULD LEAVE THE W.W.II NAVAL, ETC., RESEARCH ALONE, and THEN SOME!!!

Blog Credit: Warship Emporium.

Thanks to Dave SHIRLAW-NAVAL HISTORIAN-AUTHOR, FOR THE REMINDER ON H.M.S. HOOD AND HER SINKING.

Yours Aye: Brian MURZA…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

BRAVO ZULU and GOOD LUCK ON THE RESEARCH CONCERNING H.M.S. HOOD; THE PRIDE, OR ONE OF THEM, OF THE W.W.II/1939-1945 ROYAL NAVY.

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HMS Hood was the pride of the Royal Navy. HMS Hood was a massively armed battlecruiser with what was thought to be armour equal to her armaments. To all intents, HMS Hood was considered to be one of the most powerful battlecruisers afloat in World War Two.

However, the Hood suffered from one major flaw – she did not have the same amount of armour as the Bismarck. The fact that the Hood was faster than the Bismarck by 3 knots was as a result of her lack of sufficient armour for a naval battle fought in World War Two. What had been considered sufficient armour in 1918 when Hood was built, was to prove a fatal flaw in 1941.

On May 24th, 1941, the Royal Navy tailed the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen when they  attempted to break out into the Atlantic. If both of these ships had…

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A visit to HMCS Haida

FRIDAY, May 14/2021@22:46-H.M.C.S. HAIDA G 63/215…OUR ROYAL CANADIAN MEMORIAL AT H.M.C.S. STAR, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. THIS ONLY TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER, NOT ONLY IN CANADA, THOUGH THE WORLD, IS A MUST VISIT TO SEE, AND EXPERIENCE AN EDUCATIONAL VISIT, WITH TOURS, FILMS, A W.W.II AND AFTER NAVAL FORMAT HISTORY EXPERIENCE; WHICH WILL MAKE YOUR EYES SWELL WITH REMEMBRANCE, GRATITUDE AND PRIDE, OF CANADIAN MEN OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY…WHOM SERVED IN HER, AND DURING ONE WORLD WAR, ONE KOREAN CONFLICT, DUTY-HONOUR AND VALOUR…A HISTORY LESSON YOU WILL NEVER REGRET, AND/OR FORGET…H.M.C.S. HAIDA G 53/215, AT H.M.C.S. STAR, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

Blog Credit: Parks Canada.

Yours Aye: Brian Murza…Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

D'Indefensible Photography

HMCS Haida is the last surviving Tribal class destroyer and a National Historic Site. The Tribals were fast, powerful destroyers, designed to engage the newest designs from other powers; they saw distinguished service with the British, Australian, and Canadian navies during World War II, and beyond, with Haida not being retired from service until 1963.

The Tribal class were amongst the most up-to-date, and powerful ships of their type available to the British and Commonwealth navies, and consequently saw much service across multiple theatres of the war – many were lost in action (12 out of 16 UK Tribals were destroyed, and one Canadian), and the British ones that survived the war were all too worn out to be of further use, being scrapped as a result.

Haida, and the other surviving Commonwealth Tribals that survived the war were updated, and saw significant post-war service, including most notably in the…

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We Fight as One

“TUE., FEB., 22/2021@0426-H.M.C.S. ATHABASKAN G 07…LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET!!! HIT, WITH YOUR MOUSE; ALL THESE GREEN HIGH-LIGHTED AREAS IN THIS BLOG, AS THERE IS VERY MUCH RESEARCH ON W.W.II/1939-1945, TO DO!!!”

“CREDIT: Pierre LEGACE.”

“OUR COURAGEOUS CANADA/1939-1945…WAS AN ASSET TO THE ALLIED WORLD THEN, AND OUR CANADIAN ARMED FORCES/NAVY-ARMY-AIR FORCE…DUTY, WAS MORE K.I.A. THAN CASUALTIES, IN W.W.II/1939-1945!!!”

“Brian MURZA/Killick Vison, W.W.II NAVAL RESEARCHER-PUBLISHED AUTHOR, PRESENT DAY NAVAL-MILITARY ANALYST, HIGH TREASON Q.E.II ANALYST, Niagara Falls, Ontario, COWARDICE CANADA/1993-2021!!!

Lest We Forget

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Sorry for posting so many articles on this blog this last week.

People have shared so much and are still sharing.

I really intended to close the book on the story of HMCS Athabaskan.

But can you really close the book on the Athabaskan which sank on April 29, 1944, off the coast of France?

Relatives of sailors of HMCS Athabaskan still fight as one, and this blog honours them.

We Fight as One

The badge design was created by officers of the first Athabaskan, and has been kept to honour the entire crew after their ship was lost to enemy action. The badge commemorates their sacrifice and expresses the ideal of courage and devotion to duty.

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Everytime I needed help with this blog, there was always a relative who would help me in my quest for the truth about what my wife’s uncle said in…

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Hot Mamas

“RED FRIDAY, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEB., 07, 2020, @08:38-U.S.ARMED FORCES SINGLE MEN DEPLOYED, IN WAR/CONFLICT ZONES ABROAD-IRAQ-MIDDLE EAST, ETC., AND YOUR SINGLE BROTHERS NOT FAR AWAY…IN NON-COMBATANT ZONES, THESE W.W.II NOSE ART AND OTHER LADIES BELOW, ARE YOUR PINUP GIRLS FOR TODAY!!!”

“NOTE-HAVE A GREAT RED FRIDAY AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE HOMEWARD BOUND…ON LIBERTY SOON, TO THE U.S.A.!!!”

battleoftheatlantic19391945/WordPress.com, PINUP GIRLS FOR SINGLE MEN-HEROES OF THE U.S.ARMED FORCES, ENJOY, AND THE PINUP MASTER MURZA…IS from COWARDICE CANADA/1993 TO 2020!!!”

“CREDIT: Lance Une Mode.”

Lance une Mode

My advice for the warm weather?  Take a cue from these ladies and keep busy!  Its the only way to distract oneself from the increasingly uncomfortable heat…. 

And remember, it is always  important to look one’s very best, even when (wo)manning the grill.  Always wear the appropriate underthings, lest a plume of charcol smoke threatens your eyes or you have to make a quick getaway…

A few more ideas for a little fun in the sun:

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Louisiana – Texas

“TREASON THURSDAY=IN COWARDICE CANADA/1993 TO 2020, FEB., 06, @11:10-CHECK OUT ALL THESE BLOGS…POSTINGS…GULF COAST, LOUISIANA, TEXAS…AS POSTED ABOVE, AS THEY ARE ALL, AND I MEAN ALL…GREAT TRAVELS…OCT., DEC., JAN., FEB., MAR., APR., WITH GREAT FOOD, GREAT WOMEN/BABY DOLLS, GREAT BEER, GREAT PEOPLE, AND EVERYTHING IS BIG IN TEXAS, U.S.A.”

“NOTE: ON THE ROAD IN TEXAS, U.S.A., LOUISIANA, U.S.A., TX., LA., GULF COAST, U.S.A., IN 1985, 1986, 1998 TO 2002, battleoftheatlantic19391945/WordPress.com, Brian CANUCK-THE BREEZE, MURZA, from Canada. killickvison@yahoo.ca

jdjdtravels

Weather was going to pack it in for a few days, so rather than hang around we abandoned New Orleans. About the only thing left on the list was to have caught the St Charles street car ($3 day pass).  So we headed West on HW90 across a massive raised highway over the swamp.

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