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Letters
Altmark renamed Uckermark Hello! I run a website on the WW II Norwegian Merchant fleet (link underneath my The Altmark, later Uckermark that you mention under Thor's second cruise - Siri (There were also more than one Uckermark, by the way)
To answer your question, yes I am absolutely sure that the Altmark, involved in the Cossack incident that freed British Prisoners of War, was renamed Uckermark. In a separate E-Mail I will sent you some details about that fact. (here: http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/auxships/uckermark/operations.html ) Thank you for your kind comments on AHOY. Best regards, Mac. Gregory
Siri Siri Lawson http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/index.html -------------------------------------- I've been perusing your site again, which I often do. I noticed in your "letters" section that there's a note (May this year) from a Wilfrid J. Warner with regard to the sinking of Høegh Silverdawn. If you or Terry still have his E-mail address, I thought he might like to see my account on the sinking of this Norwegian vessel on this page Best wishes Oh - and I also noticed for the first time your account on the sinking of Ramses, you might be interested in seeing the story from "the other side", which can be found here http://www.warsailors.com/raidervictims/michel.html#flornesreport (on my page Siri Lawson
Thank you for your E-Mail, I am sure Terry will want to add links to your account, plus the Ramses one, on the appropriate pages. if you go to the Letters we receive Section, the top one from Ward Carr in Germany is about a German who also served in Ramses, he has unfortunately died recently, and I await his story of the action. I find it amazing that so long after an event, the sheer wonder and power of the internet can, and often does, shed new light upon a specific event. Where you have added a link to our site, my name is Mackenzie J Gregory, I am always having trouble with Mackenzie as a christian name, and the web site is called Mac's Web Log, perhaps as convenient you might like to make those two corrections thank you. Marauders of the Sea is a trilogy I have written covering the Southern Raiders of the American Civil War, and German Armed Raiders of WW1, and WW2, all of which appear on AHOY. I do not think I kept Wilfred's E-Mail address, which is a pity, I am sure he would enjoy the side of the story you have written. Best regards,
I too often have to correct people. Mails to me invariably start off “Dear Sir”; I am actually a “Mrs”, and a housewife to boot. I suppose with a name like Siri it’s difficult for “foreigners” to know what gender it represents, plus – given my somewhat unusual hobby it’s natural to assume that I’m a “Sir”. I know what you mean with regard to the Internet. Because of this amazing medium I have now found 4 people who knew my dad during the war, I’ve even been contacted by a fellow here in the U.S. who has written a book in which he talks quite a bit about my father (they were cabin mates and good friends) and has included numerous pictures of him from those days. Now THAT gives me a strange feeling, reading this book and seeing his pictures! When I started my website about him I didn’t even know the name of the ship he served on, or nothing else about his war experiences for that matter (http://www.warsailors.com/oddconrad.html). Also through the Internet, and an incredible coincidence, I’ve found the descendants of an uncle of his in South Dakota. They have since visited me, and gave me some old letters they had found, written by my father (during the war) to this uncle. I had no idea he even existed, and wish my dad was still alive so that I could tell him about this! I also wish I could show him what I’m doing now - writing about the Norwegian seamen and ships. He was very angry and bitter about the way they were treated after the war, and I think he would have been pleased to see that their story is now online for the world to see, albeit too late for most of the seamen themselves. He could also probably have helped me quite a bit with this, giving me first hand info, and like so many other sons and daughters who write to me I’m furious with myself for not asking him about it while he was still alive. He may not have wanted to talk about it, but still... I believe the most important result of the Internet is the fact that numerous errors can get corrected, errors that have been repeated in several books over the years. I’m fascinated with stories that give a view from all sides, and try to incorporate this by linking whenever I can find them. Hence all my links to your site and others. Siri |
