Torpedoing of HMS Kelly by S 31 on 9/10 May 1940

Begonnen von Platon Alexiades, 13 Juli 2022, 17:58:11

Vorheriges Thema - Nächstes Thema

0 Mitglieder und 1 Gast betrachten dieses Thema.

Sven L.

Hello,

a short question. Which was the destroyer that broke in half?

HMS Kelly was sunk by the Luftwaffe on May 23, 1941.
Grüße vom Oberschlickrutscher
Sven


_________________________________
Solange man seinen Gegner nicht bezwungen hat, läuft man Gefahr, selbst bezwungen zu werden.
Clausewitz - Vom Kriege

Platon Alexiades

#16
Correction to my previous posting: only S 13, S 31 and S 34 sailed from Stavanger. S 13 had rudder damage, so perhaps she did not take part in the action against the British destroyers. S 30, S 32 and S 33 sailed from Wilhemshaven to join them.

Platon

Platon Alexiades

Hello Sven,

In the action of 9 May 1940, only HMS Kelly was hit by a torpedo and she was not "broken in half".

Best regards,

Platon

t-geronimo

Platon, yes, S 13 is not mentioned any further if I see it correct.

Sven, "broke in half" was the observation by S 31 but that was overestimated. As already said, it was pitch dark and foggy, so very poor visibilty.
Gruß, Thorsten

"There is every possibility that things are going to change completely."
(Captain Tennant, HMS Repulse, 09.12.1941)

Forum MarineArchiv / Historisches MarineArchiv

Impressum & Datenschutzerklärung