3/20/2023 0 Comments Deutsches u boot museum cuxhavenMy training says always seek out the primary source and, sadly, this is often not given or apparent.īecause and despite of all of this, I feel I am missing something big. The great danger is that mistakes are made and innocently passed one to the other. Much of the website work is from secondary, tertiary, or more distant, sources. I have also visited TNA and collected or viewed a number of wreck source and U-Boat publications in English, French and German.įirstly, any information on UC-61, Gerth, or his attacks not covered by these websites, or easily available on the web, would be very welcome. I have researched all of them, and UC-61, extensively on the internet, including particularly Miramar, Heritage Gateway, Pastscape,, and the maritime museum collections. I have arbitrarily tagged seven of these vessels, the others are Gorizia, Fils du Progres, Le Gard, Nelly, Kleber, Indutiomare, Ull and Ettrick. My particular interest is in the U-Boat UC-61, commander Georg Gerth, which after three (?) 'failed' voyages from Zeebrugge in 1917, sank or damaged fifteen vessels around the channel and south, mainly off Brittany and Portland Bill, in a period from 5 March to 7 July in the same year. I am experienced in archival research, but have never worked in maritime records. I am conducting some research for the 'Forgotten Wrecks' project of the Maritime Archaeology Trust in Southampton, UK.
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