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I would recommend:

Randolf Kugler,
Das Landungswesen in Deutschland seit 1900
ISBN 3-926409-52-5

Greetings from Austria
Peter K.

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I found only the following ... SOURCE NID.I/PW/TEC/9/45 INTERROGATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON GERMAN NAVAL ENGINEERING (2) IX. ANTI-RADAR COVERING FOR SCHNORKEL “SCHNORCHELVERSUMPFUNG”) (See also NID 1/PW/TEC/3/44 and O.B.04050/44(9) page 32) The tops of the Schnorkels in U 1209 (...

Hello! here is an older posting by me ... SF = Siebelfähre It´s a general term for various typs of landing ferries, originally developped for operation SEALION, f.e. B-Fähre 40 = Leichte Fähre 40 = L.F.40 H-Fähre 40 = Herbert-Fähre = Mittlere Fähre = M.F. Schwere Fähre 40 = s.F.40 = s.S.40 Schwere F...

There WAS such a coating for the schnorkels of type XXI-boats - code name "Schornsteinfeger".

No further information, but it should prevent against cm-wave-radars.

source: Eberhard Rössler, U-boottyp XXI, ISBN 3-7637-5223-4


Greetings from Austria
Peter K.

Hello! crew 37 born on 03.01.1918 at Kiel Oblt.z.S. since 01.04.42 group leaderat harbor defence flottilla Stavanger 11.40-04.41 5. S-flottilla since 07.41 4. S-flottilla 07.41-10.41 commander at 5. S-flottilla 10.41-02.42 commander of S54 02.42-03.44 commander of S185 (10.S-flottilla) 04.44-12.44 d...

Hello JAN! I hope, you are fine! In 1938 the Burgarian navy ordered 5 s-boats at Lürssen: F1-F5 (building no. 12730, 12735, 12740, 12745 and 12750). F1 and F2 were delivered, F3 was taken over by the German navy as S1 on 29.09.39 (boat was ready for delivering and loaded on a freighter) and F4 and F...

Hello ERIC! not too much for you, but ... Marineflakabteilung 214, located at Cuxhaven formed in august 1939 Kptlt. Boldemann: 08.39-09.40 K.Kapt. Prinz von Hohenzollern-Emden: 09.40-09.42 K.Kapt. (MA) Herrrmann Weber: 09.42-03.43 K.Kapt. (MA) Fritz Brune: 03.43-07.44 K.Kapt. (MA) Steinrücke: 08.44-...

Hello ANDRUS! EMA - E inheits m ine A moored contact mine introduced in 1912, but stocks still available in 1939 charge weight 150 kg Schießbaumwolle resp. 330 lb Hexanite EMB - E inheits m ine B moored contact mine introduced in 1912, but stocks still available in 1939 charge weight 225 kg Schießba...

Hello RON! I am happy that I was of some help ... BTW, I know the mentioned book - which I could highly recommend - and also the mentioned incident ... Unfortunately I am away from my sources for some dayd, so I have no more information by now! Hello ANDRUS! I am owning some quite good sources conce...

Hello RON! "Minen" and "Sprengbojen" were different devices! The later, most common was the "Sprengboje D", were used to protect own mine fields from easily clearing. The EMC ( E inheits m ine C ) was no magnetic, but a conventional anchor mine. It was the standard Germ...

Thanks for your excellent posting, RON!

Peter K.

Hello DOC! Unfortunately it isn´t clear, if the sub´s torpedo tubes were damaged by the wreckage of the shot down aircraft or by the detonation of its emergency released bombs. According to my source STOIBER was killed by MG bullets, when he tried to fire again at the attacking US aircrafts. At this...

Hello DOC! U 664, Oblt.z.S. Adolf Graef On the morning of 08.08.43 U664 supplied U262, Franke, and was suddenly attacked by 3 US carrierborne aircrafts, 2 fighters and a bomber. One of the fighters was shoot down by AA fire. Bootsmaat JENTELEIT and Lt.z.S.d.R. BOEHME were killed by MG fire and Matro...

Hello ANDREA!

Very good description at

Manfred Krellenberg,
U-Boot-Jagd im Mittelmeer
ISBN 3-8132-0801-x

page 88-89

Greetings from Austria
Peter K.

In my opinion Hoog´s work is an outstanding reference for german artillery in general, but he didn´t wrote anything about German NAVAL gunnery. Nevertheless the chapters about Coastal artillery and partly about Railway artillery contains some material about former naval guns! Greetings from Austria ...