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News

15th January 2005

Lots of new updates, including crews, operations and crew albums. There are now 43,515 entries in the crew list including new entries for other Kriegsmarine vessels. There's a new search choice so you can now search by ship name as well.

11th October 2005

Lots of new updates, including crews, ktb and operations. We have over 700 photos now. See the update posting here.

15th June 2005

Less than two weeks after their last update, Hubertus Weggelaar and Horst Schmeisser have expanded the crew lists by over 1,000 entries. Now with 40,594 entries, including administrative and support staff such as 2.ULD. Congratulations Horst and Herb on breaking the 40,000 mark!

2nd June 2005

Hubertus Weggelaar and Horst Schmeisser have updated the crew lists. There are now 39,576 entries roughly 200 of which are UAA and 1.U-Fl staff. Many thanks to Horst and Herb for their continuing work on this fantastic resource.

18th May 2005

Jörn Jensen has updated the WW1 crew lists. There are now 5,004 entries on the list, many thanks Jörn!

12th May 2005

Roland Berr has completed the next part of Das Kriegstagebuch der U-Bootwaffe. This latest issue covers from 1st April 1940 to 15th April 1940, and comes in a slightly different format. Click Here to read more. Thanks Roland!

new books

Full of never before seen photographs, Werner Hirschmann writes about his experiences as an Engineer in the U-boot-waffe. He displays a great sense of humour, modesty, and a clear memory for events and details. A highly recommended book.

new books

Shipwrecks of the East Coast Vol 2 book cover

Ron Young is well known in diving circles, and his carefully researched books get great reviews. Earlier books of Ron's have sold out or are very hard to find, get this one while you can.
Ron regularly helps out at the site here. His books are not just for divers: they are a treasure trove of well researched history which often involves U-boats. Visit the author's site

new books

A new, revised edition of Hans Goebeler's autobiographical work. Hans was on every patrol U-505 made, and this Hard Cover, first US edition is a riveting read. A perfect companion to 'Hunt and Kill'. This English language edition is co-written by John Vanzo and is now due out December 2004.
Read an extract here
Visit the publisher's page for more info.
Interview with John Vanzo

new books

This is Lawrence Paterson's fourth book, adding to the little known history of the Monsun boats - U-Boats that went far afield into the Indian Ocean.
Lawrence's other books include First U-Boat Flotilla, Second U-Boat Flotilla and U-Boat War Patrol.
Visit the author's site

new books

Edited by Theodore Savas, Hunt and Kill contributors include Topp, Paterson, Mulligan, Rust, Showell, Vause, Wise and Gill.
Click here for review
Read an interview with the editor here.
Excerpt now online. You can read part of Jordan Vause's section right here.