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North East at War

Category: U-Boat Encounters

6 May 202214 May 2022 P Armstrong

‘An Abomination Polluting the Clean Sea’ – Atrocity off Redcar ?

Merchant Navy, Personal Stories, U-Boat Encounters, World War 1

I recall being shocked when I first read ‘Fips’ Fürbringer’s autobiography ‘Alarm ! Tauchen ! – U-boot im Kamf’ (Published in English as ‘Fips’ –

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28 November 202127 April 2022 P Armstrong

The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 7. One Last Defiant Hurrah !

Blyth Submarines, Merchant Navy, Personal Stories, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

‘Of all the branches of men in the forces, there is none that shows more devotion and faces more perils than the submariner. I should

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30 August 202114 May 2022 P Armstrong

The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 5. The Thin Grey Line

Blyth Submarines, Personal Stories, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

‘I roam the seas from Scapa Flow To the Bight of Heligoland In the Dover Strait I lie in wait On the edge of the

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7 August 202127 April 2022 P Armstrong

The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 1939-45 2. One Big Happy Undersea Family

Blyth Submarines, Personal Stories, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

‘Big ships we never cared for,Destroyers you can keep,There is only one place where we knowThat is way down deepUnderneath the surfaceWe dream our dreams

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6 August 20219 May 2022 P Armstrong

The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 1939-1945 1. The Clockwork Mice

Blyth Submarines, Personal Stories, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

‘I wish I’d never joined for a sailor, mother dear,I’ve seen some places in my time but nothing like this here,The girls won’t let us

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26 April 202030 April 2020 P Armstrong

Gotterdammerung ! – The first and Last Patrol of U-1274

Merchant Navy, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

This is a story about men, ships and a U-boat sent to sink them. It unfolded on the early evening of April 16, 1945 on

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13 October 201915 October 2019 P Armstrong

Beginners Luck ? The Destruction of U-714

Merchant Navy, Shipbuilding, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

On March 14, 1945,  some four hours after leaving the Tyne, HMS Natal, a brand new frigate with a green crew carried out an attack

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25 August 201920 March 2020 P Armstrong

Blue on Blue – The sinking of HMS J6

Blyth Submarines, U-Boat Encounters, World War 1

In the Beach Cemetery at Blyth, to the right upon entering you will find a knot of naval War Graves. Adjacent to them, in what

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7 June 201926 August 2019 P Armstrong

The (short) life and death of UB -115

U-Boat Encounters, World War 1

While the wreck of UC-32 is well known, the presence of a second U-boat off Cresswell in Northumberland is perhaps less familiar. Like all wrecks

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17 March 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

Terror off the Tyne I – A Tale of Two U-boats

Merchant Navy, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

Gaze in any direction from St Mary’s Lighthouse, you find yourself surrounded by the savage magnificence of this coast. Storms can blow up out of

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  • The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 7. One Last Defiant Hurrah !
  • The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 6. Dead Men on Leave
  • The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 5. The Thin Grey Line
  • The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 4. Particularly Hazardous Service
  • The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 3. Blooding the Pups
  • The Story of the Blyth Submarine Base 1939-45 2. One Big Happy Undersea Family

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