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Alan Roberts writes. GERMAN crewmen prepared to leap into the freezing waters off the coast of southern Ireland after a successful attack by two American destroyers USS Fanning and USS Nicholson. The German crew was wearing primitive life jackets as the men made their way to safety on the American ship. Many were in a very weak condition. One man could not hold on to the lifeline that had been thrown to help him. Two American sailors heroically dived into the water to rescue him, but he died shortly after being brought on board USS Fanning. Lieutenant Friedrich Müller, one of four officers on board U-58, spent just over a month at Skipton Camp before being shipped across the Atlantic to a prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia.
Alan Roberts writes. GERMAN crewmen prepared to leap into the freezing waters off the coast of southern Ireland after a successful attack by two American destroyers USS Fanning and USS Nicholson. The German crew was wearing primitive life jackets as the men made their way to safety on the American ship. Many were in a very weak condition. One man could not hold on to the lifeline that had been thrown to help him. Two American sailors heroically dived into the water to rescue him, but he died shortly after being brought on board USS Fanning. Lieutenant Friedrich Müller, one of four officers on board U-58, spent just over a month at Skipton Camp before being shipped across the Atlantic to a prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia.