[Milsurplus] U-505 inspection pix in Bermuda (not Trinidad)

[Thomas Adams]

You're correct...   Bermuda, not Trinidad.

Been a few years since I read Gallery's book, or any others related to U-505.

Mr. T.  W9LBB


At 14:17 24-08-12, Jack Sullivan wrote:
>Here is an interesting photo collection of the inspection of the 
>U-505 when it arrived at the Royal Navy Dockyard in Bermuda after 
>its capture. It spent the war there (in disguise & under armed 
>guard), not Trinidad. Note the interesting closeup shots of the 
>omnidirectional receiving antenna for the radar warning receiver.
>
>http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-505InspectionPhotos.htm
>
>There is an interesting memorial to the U-505 in the restored main 
>house in the Dockyard but the library in Hamilton had nothing on 
>this sub. (I have a bigger collection of books on the U-505 than they do!)
>
>Intterestingly, Bermuda was a very safe place to keep the U-505 as 
>all German nationals on the island were interned for the duration.
>
>Jack
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