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    Ship Name Mystery! Please help.

    This is doing my head in so I'm beggin the forum for some help.

    I got a rather interesting and in this case poignant photo.

    On the far right is part of a U-boat crew figure looking out at a life boat with survivors coming up presumably to be rescued.



    This picture was part of a collection from an officer who served with u-38 and u-172 so it is probable that the u-boat picked up these survivors from a kill.

    The only readable text appears on an officer in the jolly boat, and its not very readable. I have enhanced it to assist you.





    Now the list of kills from u38 and 172 are below. Likely candidates IMHO are bolded:
    • ATHELKNIGHT
      CITY OF ALMA
      DELFINA
      SICILIEN
      LEBORE
      BENNESTVET
      MOTOREX
      RESOLUTE
      SANTA RITA
      FIRETHORN
      CHICKASAW CITY
      PANTELIS
      ORCADES
      ALDINGTON COURT
      LLANDILO
      BENLOMOND
      ALASKAN
      CITY OF PRETORIA
      THORSTRAND
      KEYSTONE
      BENJAMIN HARRISON
      SILVERBEACH
      VERNON CITY
      AFRICAN STAR
      HARMONIC
      FORT CHILCOTIN
      MANAAR
      INVERLIFFEY
      THOMAS WALTON
      GAROUFALIA
      DEPTFORD
      LEUKOS
      ARGENTINA
      ALGIER
      CHRISTIANSBORG
      COMETA
      SIGNE
      MOUNT MYRTO
      ERIK BOYE
      ITALIA
      TILIA GORTHON
      LUXEMBOURG
      NEION
      MOHAMED ALI EL-KEBIR
      LLANFAIR
      HAR ZION
      HIGHLAND PATRIOT
      AENOS
      CARSBRECK
      MATHERAN
      UGANDA
      VALPARAISO
      JAPAN
      QUEEN MAUD
      BERHALA
      VULCAIN
      TABARISTAN
      EMPIRE PROTECTOR
      RINDA
      KINGSTON HILL
      LONGTAKER


    Any comments or help are welcome
    Last edited by bratwurstdimsum; 06-24-2007, 05:55 AM.

    #2
    I'd say the last letters are probably INIR ?

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      #3
      Hmmm..... really not sure, can't see any of the highlighted ships names being the one in the photo.
      IMHO:
      The last letter is an 'A', 'B' or an 'R'.
      2nd last a 'T' based upon the spacing between the adjacent letters.
      3rd last an 'N' or an 'R'.
      4th last an 'I'.
      5th last a 'P' or an 'R'.
      and the letter nearest the arm a 'T'.

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        #4
        Adrian & Tim, did a search on all your combinations in "uboat waffe"

        http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/shipindex.cgi

        a few came up but nothing really conclusive, I think we may have too many "T" 's

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