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Panzermahn, There were no actions involving German light cruisers. The largest German warship to square off against a U.S. Navy vessel in a surface action was the destroyer TA32, ex-Italian Premuda, ex-Yugoslavian Dubrovnik. Two Italian light cruisers encountered the American subchaser SC 503 escort...

There were a lot of Kriegsmarine surface actions against the US Navy. Many took place in the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian seas in 1944. On 15 and 17 August 1944 U.S. destroyers encountered and sank German corvettes. On 2 October 1944 a US destroyer fought an inconclusive action against two German torpedo...

Not too many surface actions. On 6 July 1941 the destroyers Serdityl and Silnyi traded salvos with the minesweeper M31 and the depot ship MRS11. M31 reportedly landed a shell on Silnyi, although I haven't seen this confirmed by any Soviet sources. On 21 January 1943 the destroyers Baku and Razumnyi ...

Hi Andrea,

Try this link
http://perso.orange.fr/cdasm.56/dico.htm

Vince

"A small action fought on the night of 27-28 June illustrated the danger of night engagements, even for destroyers fighting converted fishing trawlers. The 10th Flotilla ships Eskimo and Huron (Lieutenant Commander L.S. Rayner, senior officer) intercepted a minesweeper, M4611 (ex-Etienne Rimber...

Rich, you wrote: "Why would "bombers" have anything to do with shipping?" Long Range bombers were excellent anti-submarine platforms. Regarding Bomber Command's impact on the submarine war check out Correlli Barnett's "Engage the Enemy More Closely" In brief, he believe...

Gentlemen: Personally, I think there were a lot of factors that contributed to the shipping situation of 1941-43. Some that come immediately to mind include: 1. Axis submarines 2. Poor turn-around times/congestion in British ports 3. Emphasis on the bomber offensive at the expense of shipping protec...

I think Paul transposed the count on the destroyers and torpedo-boats. The status on 1 October was seven destroyers available for operations (counting Z6 despite on-going problems with her port engine, but excluding Z4 which entered dock on 21 September 40.) Z5, Z10, Z14, Z15, Z16 and Z20 were all a...

Pierre Hervieux pubished a number of articles on German coastal forces in Warship. This included: “German Auxiliaries at War 1939-45: Minesweepers, Submarine Chasers and Patrol Boats.” Warship 1995 “German TA Torpedo Boats at War.” Warship 1997-1998. “German Type 45, 40 and 43 Minesweepers at War.” ...

Jan Wellem, the ex-whale factory ship serving as a tanker supported the German forces attacking Norway in April 1940. She sailed from Murmansk and, not concidentially, was the only one of the three support ships assigned to Narvik to safely arrive. The British considered the possibility of the Germa...

Hi Hubertus,

I'm sorry, but German Fleet does not have crew lists; most of the personnel named are commanders. Have you looked at:

http://www.deutsche-marinesoldaten.de/

Vince[/u][/i]

Thank you Richard, Enrico, Benoit and Przemek. Stone and Stone has written a review:

http://stonebooks.com/archives/041121.shtml

Vince

I’m plugging my new book, which will interest the readers of this forum: German Fleet at War 1939-1945 by Naval Institute Press. It relates the details of every surface action of the Kriegmarine’s major surface warships, from Denmark Strait to engagements fought by minesweepers off Norway and the Ch...

Richard, thanks for the plug! The German Fleet at War covers every surface engagements fought by the Kriegsmarine involving purpose built warships displacing 500 tons or more. This includes the famous actions and the little know battles fought by destroyers and minesweepers. The book will be availab...

Hi Sagittario, Most of this comes from an article in Storia Militare by Alessandro Dondoli called "Piombino Settembre 1943". At 0200 hours on 10 September 1943 TA9 and TA11 tried to enter Piombino harbor, claiming they were Italian; then they requested permission to refuel. After negotiati...