Divers find WWII trawler sunk by U-boat

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http://www.eastkilbridenews.co.uk/lanar ... -22533328/

How Ralph and fellow divers found trawler sunk by WW2 U-boat
Dec 24 2008 by Graham Mann, East Kilbride News

AN AULDHOUSE man has become one the first divers to find the wreck of a large fishing trawler sunk by a German U-boat in 1942.

Ralph Lennox and fellow members of Central Scotland Dive Club (CSDC), Jim McAllister from Hamilton, and Bud Campbell from Livingstone, came across the trawler and bell as they were diving to their limit.

The wreck was lodged in deep and dark waters 20 miles out in the North Sea off Eyemouth, but the intrepid divers managed to secure the bell and bring it up from the depths.

Ralph (56), who lives with his wife Linda at their home in Auldhouse, has been involved in the club for the last 15 years.

He said]www.c-divers.com[/url].

The club’s membership age restrictions are over 16 and less than 80.

Ralph added: “If you fit the bill, we will teach you all you need to see the wonders of the sea, and with our new-found bell, we can certainly ring-in the new year bells!”

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Ok Time to set the

Ok Time to set the BS filter to max with this one !!

By 1942 the likelihood of any U-boat wasting an expensive torpedo on a trawler was very slim. This boat is far more likely to have struck a mine ( to which untrained amateur eyes would look like the same damage a torpedo would cause ) or have been sunk by the Luftwaffe.

The "capture" of the skipper and mate again absolutely not a chance in 1942 , no U-boat would dare surface this close to the coast incase a coastal command patrol aircraft caught them on the surface. I have absolutely no records at all of any fishermen being taken prisoner from anywhere north of Hull or west of the central north sea for the entirety of WW2. I think the reporter is getting his "facts" from WW1 not WW2 !!!

They have refused to identify the trawler in question because they know that people like me with the reference books and contacts in the industry will prove them to be wrong !!!

This is a bit of a non-story i'm afraid just a bunch of people wanting to get free advertising for their diving club nothing more. There was an extensive mine-field barrier in the area the trawler went down during WW2 so that is the most likely cause of the vessel loss.

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it might be a clueless

it might be a clueless rehash of this story just a few entries down

http://s181686668.onlinehome.us/phpBB2/viewtopic.php5?t=8448

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No Ronald those trawlers were

No Ronald those trawlers were sunk 20nm East from Whitby/Scarborough and the one in this "story" is 30nm East from Eyemouth so the 2 sites are about 100-120nm apart. I've been asking around with my contacts and it looks like this trawler might not even have sunk in wartime. If I can get a positive ID on the name I can trace the true facts behind this and I will let everyone know.