1940 WWII, London, German cargo ship UHENFELS captured

1940 WWII, London, German cargo ship UHENFELS captured

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Londra, 10 aprile 1940 XVIII
(timbro datario di stampa al verso)

Il cargo tedesco Uhenfels catturato dalla Royal Navy attracca al porto di Londra

Fotografia d'epoca con didascalia coeva dattiloscritta al verso:

"CAPTURED NAZI SHIP BROUGHT TO LONDON 6.4.40
The 7,600-ton German cargo ship Uhenfels, captured by the British Navy in the South Atlantic, last November, eas yesterday brought up to the Thames to Millwall Dock - The first Nazi ship to be brought to London since the War began. It is understood that the Prize Court will decide the fate of the vessel and her cargo - maize, palm kernels and other produce from the West Indies.
O.P.S. How the Nazis tried to obliterate the name Uhenfels from the ship's side."

Keystone Agency - London
(timbro al verso)

Vera fotografia d'epoca, originale ed autentica, in buone condizioni

Nota
The Uhenfels was built in 1931 at the Bremen yards of Deschimag Werk Weser, being completed for service with DDG Hansa in March that year.
She operated for several years under this name, until the outbreak of the Second World War saw her outside Germany. She made a number of attempts to sail back, before making her third attempt, departing Lourenço Marques on 13 October 1939, bound for Germany and disguised as the Dutch merchant Aagtekerk.
During her crossing of the Atlantic she ran into Force K, a number of British ships that had been deployed in search of the German commerce raider pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Detected on 5 November the aircraft reported the German ship, and the destroyer HMS Hereward was directed to secure the German merchant. The crew attempted to scuttle the ship but a boarding party from the Hereward was able to prevent this.

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Londra, 10 aprile 1940 XVIII
(timbro datario di stampa al verso)

Il cargo tedesco Uhenfels catturato dalla Royal Navy attracca al porto di Londra

Fotografia d'epoca con didascalia coeva dattiloscritta al verso:

"CAPTURED NAZI SHIP BROUGHT TO LONDON 6.4.40
The 7,600-ton German cargo ship Uhenfels, captured by the British Navy in the South Atlantic, last November, eas yesterday brought up to the Thames to Millwall Dock - The first Nazi ship to be brought to London since the War began. It is understood that the Prize Court will decide the fate of the vessel and her cargo - maize, palm kernels and other produce from the West Indies.
O.P.S. How the Nazis tried to obliterate the name Uhenfels from the ship's side."

Keystone Agency - London
(timbro al verso)

Vera fotografia d'epoca, originale ed autentica, in buone condizioni

Nota
The Uhenfels was built in 1931 at the Bremen yards of Deschimag Werk Weser, being completed for service with DDG Hansa in March that year.
She operated for several years under this name, until the outbreak of the Second World War saw her outside Germany. She made a number of attempts to sail back, before making her third attempt, departing Lourenço Marques on 13 October 1939, bound for Germany and disguised as the Dutch merchant Aagtekerk.
During her crossing of the Atlantic she ran into Force K, a number of British ships that had been deployed in search of the German commerce raider pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Detected on 5 November the aircraft reported the German ship, and the destroyer HMS Hereward was directed to secure the German merchant. The crew attempted to scuttle the ship but a boarding party from the Hereward was able to prevent this.