![]() Among the drowning men was the U-boat commander, Kapitänleutnant G. Here, 12 survivors were found swimming, and all were picked up. Ms O-21 hurried to the place where the U-boat had sunk. To collect evidence for the sinking of the U-boat, Hr. Although the first torpedo missed its target, the second one didn't! " I now launched the second torpedo on the rapidly growing silhouette. But not only we had seen this threatening line, also the enemy. We clearly saw how the bubbles stood out in the calm sea. "Immediately we started the attack and launched the torpedo from the starboard tube. Lieutenant Commander Van Dulm later wrote: “Her doubts about our identity sealed her fate". The British signaller aboard Hr.Ms O-21 immediately recognized the signals as German. Suddenly the O-21 noticed a signal sent from the unknown submarine. Immediately the Dutch were on high alarm and two tubes were prepared. The O-21 was only a few hours away from its base at that time. Elbers, observed a silhouette of a submarine from the bridge of the surfacing O-21. Shortly after midnight on the 28th, the officer of the guard, 1st Lieutenetant A.T. The last war patrol of Dutch submarine Hr.Ms O-21 in the Mediterranean would be her most successful. They were taken prisoner by the Dutch and landed at Gibralter 8 hours later. There were 12 survivors including Kapitänleutnant Schreiber. In February 1942, at the New Zealand government's insistence, they moved to Syria to recover.ĭUTCH SUBMARINE SINKS GERMAN U-BOAT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. With 879 dead and 1700 wounded, the New Zealand Division had fought its most costly battle of the war. In the aftermath of Crusader, the New Zealanders licked their wounds back in Egypt. To the south, Knabe’s unit at the same time fared slightly better on the Trigh Capuzzo (the main track to Capuzzo), coming up against ‘Gold’ Force that was based on the Central India Horse reconnaissance regiment of the New Zealand 2nd Division and pulling back after an exchange of artillery fire. On 3 December Geissler’s unit was heavily defeated by elements of New Zealand 5th Brigade on the Bardia road at near Menastir. "Yet again, Rommel became concerned with his units isolated in the border strongpoints and on 2 December, believing that the battle at Tobruk had been won, sent battalion-sized advance guard units led by Oberst Erich Geissler and Oberstleutnant Gustav-Georg Knabe to open the routes to Bardia and to Capuzzo, and thence Sollum. (This was a British offensive intended to lift the Axis siege of Tobruk (18 November 1941 - 6 January 1942). If the date is correct, then these could be advance guard units led by Oberst Erich Geissler apprehended by Kiwis from NZ 5th Brigade near Menastir during 'Operation Crusader' "New Zealanders take prisoner the crew of a Matilda tank, captured by the Germans and used in an attempt to break through the Allied lines, during which it was knocked out by an anti-tank gun, 3 December 1941."
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