Attack on Queen Mary

[Pat Winship]

This post appeared on www.uboat.net. Does anyone over here know more?

Barry Scully wrote:

"On October 1st 1942 U-407 (KptLt. Bruller) attacked the Liner Queen Mary with a 4 torpedo fan shot which missed.

Does anybody have details of this encounter, I can't find anything other than the bare facts."

Thank you!

Pat Winship

 

[Michael H. Standart]

First I've ever heard of it Pat. Did Mr. Scully offer a primary source to back it up?

 

[Pat Winship]

Mike I just whipped over the the "Dark Side" From subsequent posts it looks like the source is the U-boat's war diary (KTB) The commander underestimated the Queen Mary's speed by a lot!

Here's the rest of the thread:

http://uboat.net/forum/read.php?f=3&i=47246&t=47246

Verrrrrrrry interesting!

Merry Christmas

Pat Winship

 

[Michael H. Standart]

>>From subsequent posts it looks like the source is the U-boat's war diary<<

That would be a pretty good source.

>>The commander underestimated the Queen Mary's speed by a lot! <<

Not surprising. He was probably used to much slower game which was easier to get a viable firing solution for.