Of outbound ships, only two are known to have made successful sorties from Biscay Bay - the OSORNO, which by now should be in the Indian Ocean - and the ALSTERUFER, which may have reached the Sea of Japan, or may be operating in the Atlantic as a mine-layer, supply ship, or hit-and-run raider. NOTE: Of the above 40 runs, 3 were made by outbound tankers. All enemy ships, however, managed to reach Bordeaux. (U-43, captained by Oblt. WESSERLAND (ERMLAND) 2 **BELGRANO 1 EUGENIE LIVANOS (GR)BURGENLAND 4, TankersBRAKE 1CHARLOTTE SCHLIEMANN 1MADRONOWINNETOUTANKER "Y" A few days later, 21 crewmembers adrift in the sea, were picked up by USS Davis on position 08º 06'S 26º 45'W. HMS Scylla was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy.She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Greenock, Scotland) , with the keel being laid down on 19 April 1939.She was launched on 24 July 1940, and commissioned 12 June 1942. If you can see this text here you should update to a newer web browser, Normal | Book Condition: VG with yellowing of pages . We’d love your help. The successful continuance of the Axis war effort is so closely linked with the German-Japanese exchange of strategics, that even" the most extreme measures may be encountered in the furtherance of this hazardous traffic. : "http://www. )FORT MUMFORD (Br. ), German Mershipsnow in Baltic In addition to those, 32 other Axis ships are suitable in every way for this highly hazardous trade. AUGUSTINA (Du. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. AXIS BLOCKADE RUNNERS OF WORLD WAR II Item Description: B T Batsford, London, 1981. On the outbreak of war, the Royal Navy imposed a naval blockade of Germany. (NOTE: This vessel is only 2,729 g.r.t., and has a speed of 17 knots.). T22 also laid minefields in the English Channel in mid-1943. )JASPIS (Nor. From April 1941 onwards, German blockade-runner (Blockadebrecher) merchant ships and a few Italian vessels replaced the Soviet trains. Very good book if you are looking to learn more about Axis blockade running during World War 2. With one run (possibly four) completed since January 1, 1943, the total score now stands at 41 (possibly 44) completed runs, against which the Axis has lost the 16 blockade runners listed below: ELBE - sunk June 8, 1941 while homebound by aircraft 900 miles NW of Cape Verde Islands. As formerly believed, Axis blockade running is now known to be entirely under German naval direction. was a World War II operation to intercept blockade runners off the west coast of France. During the American Civil War, blockade running became a major 12 enterprise for the Confederacy due to the Union's Anaconda Plan, which sought to cut off all the Confederacy's overseas trade. 28 December 1943. STELLA POLARISTULANEBUKARESTTAI PINGTARONGATOGO, Merships missing butpossibly in enemy hands Also, we can read in this book, that from 1941 to 1944 blockade runners delivered to Germany 112 008 tons of cargo, including especially 43 981 tons of natural rubber - and as Germany managed to achieve a quasi complete self-sufficiency by using all resources of continental Europe, those amounts, compensating for the little fraction of needs that couldn't be satisfied, actually MATTERED! Be the first to ask a question about Axis Blockade Runners Of World War II. GERMANIA (Tanker) - scuttled and left ablaze December 15, 1942 at 45-05 N. 15-30 W. after being intercepted, while outbound, by HMS TANATSIDE. BLOWS TO AXIS RESOURCES The sinking of the blockade runners is of far-reaching importance to the Axis Powers, says the Ministry of Economic Warfare. A blockade running program was organized, first in Australia and the Netherlands Indies, and then in the United States. BACKGROUND: From the start of the war, the Allies had maintained a blockade against the import by Germany of seaborne goods. ), Captured TankersMASSIS (Fr. Their operations are quite risky since blockading fleets would not hesitate to fire on them. After the invasion of the Soviet Union severed German land access to strategic raw materials such as rubber and tin, blockade runners became essential to the Axis war effort, and the Kriegsmarine maintained destroyers and fleet torpedo boats on the French Biscay coast to escort blockade runners into port during the dangerous final leg of their voyage. So far as is known, the first submarine to run the blockade made the voyage in the middle of 1942. In the early stage of World War II, the main lines of communication between the Axis powers were either over land via the Trans-Siberian Railway or, when Japan entered the war in December 1941, across the sea by surface blockade runners. CARVANA (Russ. MUINAM (Dan.)ST. Distribution by Originator________________________________________. During interrogations at Recife, the Germans informed, that the time for the blockade runners had come to an end. "); The figures for blockade-runners destroyed are equally dramatic: 355 were eliminated. Heavy Axis use document.write("@blarg.net"); Hardback; pages foxed and heavily yellowed (low quality paper) otherwise good in creased and price-clipped dustjacket. (A Statistical summary of blockade running to date, plus the present disposition of the most probable blockade runners, is included.). The pining, the angst, the heady emotions! ODENWALD - captured in the South Atlantic, November 7t 1941, by the USS OMAHA, while homebound masquerading as a US mership. The battle took place in the Bay of Biscay between two light cruisers of the British Royal Navy, and a destroyer and a torpedo boat flotilla of the German Krie It was an effective example of inter-service and inter-national co-operation. Refresh and try again. However, it was not until well into 1943 that the Axis attempted to use submarines regularly as blockade-runners. 1. Transferred to back to France in early 1943 where she resumed her former role of escorting ships through the Bay of Biscay, which were threatened by Allied aircraft and cruisers attempting to prevent Axis blockade runners from reaching port through the bay. This subject is not covered a lot, and this book sheds light on it, and tells of how many resources went into getting it through on the Axis side, and trying to stop it on the Allied side. HARRISON (U.S.)ST. MATHILDE (Nor. The book is also very well written - it is NOT a dry account or a log of blockade runners leaving and coming back. At the present time the Axis still has 17 blockade runners that have made one or more successful trips between Europe and the Far East during the current war. This traffic, which the Axis partners attempt to maintain at … Martin Brice, Hard Cover. 3. NOTE: The homebound PIETRO ORSEOLO was being escorted off the Spanish coast by four DD's when intercepted at 44-37 N. 02-18 W. on April 1st by a U. S. submarine. Surface vessels, combat aircraft, and even submarines were dispatched to the Philippines in the hope that some would get through with supplies for the weary and hungry men. SILVA PLANA (IRENE) - intercepted and sunk while homebound, on April 10, 1943, at 43-18 N. 14-30 W., by HMS ADVENTURE. try { In addition to the damaged runner, one to three others may possibly have completed their homeward runs from the Far East... Only two ships are known to have made successful departures from Biscay this year - and one of these may not be a runner. Their present disposition follows: Merships Crewmen of the cruiser USS Omaha cheer their capture of the German blockade runner Odenwald off the coast of Brazil in November 1941. KOTA NOPAN (KARIN) - intercepted and scuttled, while homebound, at 07-00 S. RIO GRANDE 3TEISEN MARU (URSULA RICKMERS) 2HAVELLAND 1RAMB II 1PERSEE (PIERRE LD) )TOENDJOEK (Du.) The Union record of blockade runners captured showed 210 steamers and 939 sailing vessels—82 percent of the captured blockade-runners were powered by sail. Ah, teen romance! (Cairo had been renamed Stier - See Serial 77-43, 'Raider "J"' for more information). The only homebound tanker was intercepted and sunk. From Koehlers Verlagsgessellschaft, Hamburg ISBN # 3-7822-0612-6 Admiral King … 6. ANNELIESE ESSBERGER - intercepted by the USS MILWAUKEE and scuttled while outbound November 21, 1942, at 00-54 N. 22-34 W. RAMSES — intercepted by Dutch and Australian cruisers; shelled and scuttled while homebound November 21, 1942, at 23-00 S. 99-05 E. UCKERMARK (ex-ALTMARK -Tanker) - destroyed November 30, 1942 by the great explosion and conflagration in Yokohama harbor. SPREEWALD - sunk while homebound January 31, 1942, at 46-00 N. 28-48 W. by an Italian submarine. *** May be mine-layer, raider or supply vessel. Thus far in 1943 seven blockade runners have been sunk on the high seas and one seriously damaged by two torpedoes while entering the Bay of Biscay. A summary of the record of the surface blockade-runners is annexed as TAB A. b. The vessels might be described as number one priority ships. The night was dark, moonless, and overcast. The standard variant used in blockade runners was the "diagonal" engine, where the cylinders were mounted behind and below the paddlewheel shaft, inclined at an angle of around 15 degrees. Subsequently she served in the Atlantic, where, on 20 February 1943, while searching for Axis blockade runners south-west of Cape Finisterre, she intercepted Hohenfriedburg and at the same time was narrowly missed by a salvo from U264. * Possible use as raider or supply ship for U-boats. The pics are so-so in quality..... also one other I have but this is just not on the blockade runners entirely; Wolfgang Müller Schiffsschicksale Ostsee 1945 photos and documents. There were numerous blockades and attempts at blockade running during the Peloponnesian War. Formatting & Comments Copyright R@L. Atlantic Theater Home | Researcher@Large Home Completed in early 1942, the ship was transferred to France later that year where she escorted blockade runners and Axis submarines through the Bay of Biscay. )VANCOUVER ISLAND (Br. )ANGLO MASRSK (Br. Add | £ 15.00 Views: 16. Highlight & Comment )AUSTRALIEN (Br. VOLRATH THAM (Swed. Twelve major ports and approximately 3,500 miles of coastline along the Confederate States were patrolled by some … NORDMEERANTARKTISNORD ATLANTICSPICHERN *MAX ALBRECHTREKUMPALMYREPASSAT (STORSTADT) * However, the potential profits (economically or militarily) from a successful blockade run are tremendous, so blockade-runners typically had excellent crews. One such mission resulted in the Battle of the Bay of Biscay at the end of the year, in which Z23 played a minor role. KERTOSONONORDVARDPIETRO ORSEOLO 3 # (ARNO), Tankers var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8175745-1"); Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. 1-2-3-4-number of completed runs. Hans-Joachim Schwantke). Price: £15.00. ALMENA (Dan. Blockade runners are often the fastest ships available, and come lightly armed and armored. By late 1942 and early 1943, only one of the six ships that left for Europe reached its destination. 30 New Contemporary YA Romances for Sweet Summer Lovin'. Photos (illustrator). 10. Axis Blockade Runners January 1941 - April 1943. Although manned by mixed naval and merchant marine crews (sometimes Italians as well as Germans), blockade runners are classed as Hilfsbeischiffe der Kriegsmarine Or naval auxiliaries. Of these, 270 … Numerous books have been writtten regarding the German raiders of WWII, armed traders sent world-wide to attack Allied merchant shipping. Any of the following vessels are also suitable in size, speed, and bunkerage for blockade running. "https://ssl." Thus far in 1943, eight enemy blockade runners have been intercepted, of which seven were sunk (six homebound and one outbound). CORTELLAZO - sunk while outbound December 1, 1942 about 500 miles West of Cape Finisterre by escorts of an outbound convoy. The USS SHAD made a surface attack at 19.5 knots, firing a spread of 8 torpedoes at 1700 to 3000 yards. Two of the fish hit the runner, and two or three others hit DD's. Condition: Fair in Fair dust jacket. Axis blockade runners. 1st. The German torpedo boat T22 was one of fifteen Type 39 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II.Completed in early 1942, the ship was transferred to France later that year where she escorted blockade runners and Axis submarines through the Bay of Biscay. Britain's Ministry of Economic Warfare calculated that during the first six months of 1942, Axis blockade-runners had delivered 60,000 to 65,000 tons of rubber, wolfram, and other scarce commodities to Germany; if this figure reached the 100,000-ton plateau, Germany's needs for 1942 would be met. RHAKOTIS - intercepted and sunk by HMS SCYLLA while inbound at 45-01 N. 10-50 W. on January 1, 1943. Of the 49 "most probable runners" 22 are tankers and 27 are merchant ships. pageTracker._trackPageview(); While the only viable route was now via the sea, the Allies’ blockade became so effective, especially after the introduction of the Checkmate System on 8 June 1943, that fewer and fewer Axis blockade-runners succeeded in reaching Europe. 8. ** Left Sunda Strait February 7th; should have arrived in Europe. )VOLGOLES (Russ. } catch(err) {}, Comments/corrections will appear in yellow like this, (U-43, captained by Oblt. AMERICAN LEADER      INDUS NANKIN (ROSSBANK, LEUTEN) - destroyed November 30, 1942 in Yokohama by fire. Until the end of the year, these ships had to load rubber imported from Southeast Asia at ports … Axis Blockade Runners by Martin Brice. )TOBELO (Du. The loss of the six homebound runners meant a cargo loss to Germany of 45,850 tons, made up of the following sorely needed strategics: 25,500 tons of rubber; 15,300 tons of whale-oil, fish-oil, vegetable oil and gallnuts; 4,000 tons of tin; 450 tons of tungsten and about 600 tons of miscellaneous cargo including rice, tea, quinine and opium. ELSA ESSBERGER 3KULMERLAND 1HIMALAYAFUSIJAMA 1MUNSTERLAND 1TANNENFELS 2DRESDEN 2 Start by marking “Axis Blockade Runners Of World War II” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Six of them … REGENSBURG - intercepted, while homebound, March 30, 1943, by HMS GLASGOW and sunk in Denmark Strait. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to learn more about this fascinating theatre of World War 2 which spanned the globe and the men on the frontlines of this battle lasting the whole length of the war. 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