Thread: Black Sea aerial torpedo successes
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Old 9th May 2012, 03:36
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Re: Black Sea aerial torpedo successes
A little more infromationin Black Cross/red Star Volume II pg 129
"The first victory was achieved on the night of March 1/2,1942when a II/KG-26 crew hit and severely damaged the 2,434 ton steamer Fabritsius. The ship was grounded at Cape Tuela where it was destroyed in storm"

Also mentioned is the torpedoing of the freighter V. Chapayev on March 23
and the torpedoing of the tanker Kuybyshev on April 2.Also the torpedoing of the Svanetiya on April 17th.
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