U - 196 , German Submarine Lost At Sea Kidul !

U - 196 , German Submarine Lost At Sea Kidul !




Film on U - 196 . 've Ever watched ?


U - 196 was refueled at sea . Did not imagine that the crew that holds the hose in plunged into the sea because the waves !



The new U - 196 left its shipyard to patrol along the ocean


From a German submarine in action in the waters of Indonesia , is U - 196 which still keeps the mystery of existence.

Until now , the fate of the submarine Type IXD2 was only reported missing in the South Sea ( another name for the southern Indian Ocean ) .

A variety of official records in the German U - boat , U - 196 listed as missing with all 65 crew members off the coast of Sukabumi since December 1, 1944 . Previous day , the submarine commanded by Werner Striegler it , allegedly suffered while diving fateful destiny .

Submarine U - 196 left Jakarta on 29 November 1944 , but then did not know their final position again after crossing the Sunda Strait . Routine messages last submarine was on 30 November 1944 only " preach " exposed sea mine explosion due to hit and sunk .

But the fate of the crew of obscurity U - 196 , there was one name that was pronounced dead in Indonesia . He was Lieutenant Dr . Heinz Haake whose tomb is in the village of Arca Domas Bogor , along with nine other German Nazi soldiers .

Minimal records Haake why the bodies would be buried there , while other colleagues obscure fate . Only reportedly , he was buried at the request of his family .

During his career , U - 196 ever record of achievement when they led the previous commander , Friedrich Kentrat . The submarine patrol tasks longest in the depths of the sea for 225 days, from March 13 till October 23, 1943 . Ships are drowned three enemy ships with a total weight of 17,739 GRT .

The position was then replaced Werner Friedrich Kentrat Striegler ( former commander of U - IT23 ) since October 1, 1944 , until then the U - 196 did something a month later .

Nevertheless, some people still speculate on the lack of clarity about the fate of most of the crew of U - 196 . Although in general they otherwise lost with the submarine in the South Sea , but there are suspect most of the survivors .

That said , this ship came to South America and then partially crew settled in Iqueque , Chile . From here, too , no longer clear whether the U - 196 finally truly rest there , if later the submarine was sunk or sold to a junkman as scrap metal , etc. .

Someone who sends an e - mail from England , sent October 14, 2004 , is still looking for clear information about the fate of the crew of the presence of U - 196 . He suspects , U - 196 was not affected by mine accidents around the Sunda Strait and South Sea , while the crew and then settled in Chile .

His conviction was obtained after reading a newspaper in Chile , a number of German submariners had gathered in Iqueque in 1945 . They arrived along with cruisers Almirante Latorre , who escort them during the course of the Indian Ocean . Under the protection of the cruisers , submarines are lurking in the waters several times a number of islands , before finally docked at the South Coast Chile .

Which begs the question himself , why after arriving in Chile , nobody crew trying to return to Germany or rejoin their unity . Plus , the lack of news over the last 50 years as if the " skimming " fate clarity U - 196 , U - boat compared to various other equally action in Indonesia .

I do not know , if only Dr . Heinz Haake was alive and became an Indonesian citizen , he may be able to tell the actual event befall U - 196 ! BTW , based on data from Volksbund , Oberleutnant ( Ing. ) Dr . Heinz Haake was born on January 21, 1914 and died November 1944 ( no date ) .


sources :
The article in the paper work Solihat levels " Mind "
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www.forum.axishistory.com
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