Can anyone help ? when my father was a little boy living in London he says that one day around 1945/6 he was sat on the river bank when we saw a German u-boat going up the Thames. He has often talked about this,can anyone shine some light on the matter
Looks like this is what your Father saw cant get the pic up though that is refered to in the posts. "U-776 was the only U-Boat to sail up the Thames. She was manned by Royal Navy Personnel. Many of her crew having served on HMS. Graph. The white sweaters in the picture are of the RN Crew. The caption is indeed wrong. The River Thames was just a part of U-776's Tour of the UK ports in aid of The King George IV Fund for sailors". uboat.net - Re: U-776 on the Thames.
Wills Do you have the link? Regards Tom I do U-776 in the River Thames with Tower Bridge in background. Close shot of the U-boat passing under Westminster Bridge. Large crowds looking over the side of Westminster Bridge. U-776 alongside the Embankment with Big Ben and Scotland Yard in background. Closer shot of heads of people with Big Ben in background. About 2mins 12 in Tom NEWSBRIEFS - British Pathe
I do U-776 in the River Thames with Tower Bridge in background. Close shot of the U-boat passing under Westminster Bridge. Large crowds looking over the side of Westminster Bridge. U-776 alongside the Embankment with Big Ben and Scotland Yard in background. Closer shot of heads of people with Big Ben in background. About 2mins 12 in Tom NEWSBRIEFS - British Pathe Many thanks Regards Tom
There is an excellent book "the Detonators" It's all about the German's sabotage efforts in America during WW1. It's amazing that they made such a mess here in the US and almost no one remembers the story. In the book it explained that the Germans blew up an ordinance (bomb) Depot in NY's Liberty Island Black Tom. It also explains how freely they were moving their U-Boats in and around NY Harbor. After WW2 Films were found in Germany that were taken through German U-Boats periscopes during the war showing Manhattan and Coney Island all lit up at night . Even Woody Allen the comedian said as a little boy he once witnessed a German U-Boat actually surface off the coast of Coney Island.
Google Earth with 'ocean' switched on. Off Delaware U-521 other wrecks along the coast U-856 - U-869 and there are more.
U776 wasn't quite the first! UC-5, a minelayer, was captured in the Great War and displayed on the Thames before going over to America.
Not the Thames but dont forget the U boat thats still sat on the mud flats of the medway estuary Google Maps
In Home - Trove Digitised Newspapers U776 COMES UP THE THAMESMorning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Friday 13 July 1945 p 1 Article Illustrated... U776 COMES UP THE THAMES The surrendered German submarine U776 came up the Thames to a berth at Westminster, where she will be on view to the public. British officers and men under the command of ... pilot was Mr E. J. Ferguson. The photo shows the U776 photographed in the Pool of London. ... 69 words This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.114) SURRENDERED U-BOAT GOING UP THE THAMESTownsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1885 - 1954) Tuesday 19 June 1945 p 2 Article Illustrated... SURRENDERED U-BOAT GOING UP THE THAMES The German [?] U-776, flying the White Engine passing the Tower and Tower Bridge on the Thames. '.?- ' ss4^ - ? ? . . . . ? The German [?] U-776, flying the White Engine passing the Tower and Tower Bridge on the Thames. '.?- ' ss4^ - ? ? . . . . ? ... 62 words This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.106) LONDONERS SEE U-BOATThe Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Thursday 28 June 1945 p 7 Article Illustrated... I LONDONERS SEE U-BOAT | The boys of London found great interest in the engine-room of the U-boat U776, which was thrown open to public inspection at* the' London docks.' ... 30 words This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.1) U-boat Comes To LondonThe Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Wednesday 27 June 1945 Edition: HOME EDITION p 3 Article Illustrated... U-boat SURRENDERED German submarine U776 carries Britain's IBirifaifn's flag as ?she comes up the Thames to berth at Wesfmsmsteir. ... 19 words This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.1) U-Boat Attracts LondonersArmy News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946) Thursday 24 May 1945 p 1 Article... U-Boat Attracts Londoners LONDON, Wednesday.-The first German man U-boat to visit London, U776, tied up at Westminster Bridge after. having , been sailed up the Thames by a British crew. following its surrender at Wey mduth. Within an hlour, 16.000 Londoners paid sixpence each to visit it and ... 54 words This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.075) U-BOAT LIES IN THAMES FOR LONDONERS TO SEEThe Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Wednesday 23 May 1945 p 1 Article... of Parliament. It was U776 the first U-boat to sur- render at Weymouth. The White Ensign flew from tne ... piloted by the regular Trinity House pilot. u-776 will lie at Westminster oier for 1o days for the ... 95 words Text last corrected on 27 July 2010 by stanj This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.071)[*] R A A F MEN INSPECT CAPTURED U-BOATThe Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Tuesday 29 May 1945 p 2 Article... F MEN INSPECT CAPTURED U-BOAT Just before long queues of Londoners, doners, who had waited since the early hours of the morning were permitted to go aboard the cap- tured U-boat U776, where it now lies near Tower Bridge, three RAAF men, who have spent much opera- tional time in this theatre of ... 93 words Text last corrected on 15 August 2010 by stanj This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.062)[*] U-boat Topples Over in ThamesArmy News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946) Thursday 31 May 1945 p 4 Article... U-boat Topples L N Over in Thames LONDON.-A A 220 feet long oceangoing U-boat, U-bo-t, the first to sail up the. Thames, toppled over on its side at its =moorings last week. The submarine, the U776, was at-West. minster Pier alongside the Hbusee of Parliament. - When the tide went,, down .-the: ... 120 words This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.05) [*] First U-Boat Sails Up ThamesThe Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Thursday 24 May 1945 p 5 Article... First U-Boat Sails Up Thames LONDON, "Wed. (AAP).-T-he 220ft. long ocean-going U-boat U776, which is the first to sail up the Thames, toppled ^over on her . side at the moorings at Westmine ster Pier alongside the Houses, of^ Parliament last evening, when the tide went down.\ The hawser broke, and ... 128 words This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.05) [*] U-BOAT IN THAMES PARTLY CAPSIZES. SECURED AGAIN SAFELY. Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) Thursday 24 May 1945 p 1 Article... U-BOAT IN THAMES PARTLY CAPSIZES. SECURED AGAIN SAFELY. LONDON, ¡ LONDON. May 22 (A.A.P.).-The 220-foot long ocean-going U-boat, U-776, which was the first "to sail up the River Thames, toppled over on its side at its moorings at Westminster pier, alongside the Houses of Parlia- ment, th s" ... 132 words This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.05) [*] U-BOAT CAPSIZES IN THAMESExaminer (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) Thursday 24 May 1945 p 1 Article... U-BOAT CAPSIZES. IN THAMES LONDON (A.A.P.).-The 220ft. long ocean-going U-boat. U776, the first to sail up the Thames, toppled over on its side at its moorings at Westminster Pier alongside the Houses of Parliament yes terday'when the tide went down. The hawser.broke and the vessel, af ter ... 177 words About the UC5: Search results for 'UC5' - Digitised newspapers and more - Trove Jan.
U776 wasn't quite the first! UC-5, a minelayer, was captured in the Great War and displayed on the Thames before going over to America. Was it really? Blimey, that was the boat which sank the HS Anglia returning from France full of wounded. It sank in front of The West Ham Battalion onboard Priincess Victoria and was their 'welcome to the War'... November 17, 1915 Never knew UC-5 was captured and paraded on the Thames, would have had that in my book, lol!
Something for the third edition? I'm sure I would have noticed that when I finally sit down to read it properly (looks good from the initial peek). The grandfather of a bloke at work was one of the 'show' crew while it was moored at the embankment, a petty officer IIRC.
An old thread but new photographs pop up now and again so here we go. German U-boat U776 arrives in the Sunderland South Docks in 1945. After she was surrendered earlier in 1945, U776 took part in a publicity tour of East Coast ports, before being towed to sea and sunk off the coast of Northern Ireland. The tour raised over £6,000 for charity. [Sunderland Antiquarian Society] Kyle
