English

Raider 16

by Hoyt, Edwin
1988, Avon Books
ISBN 0380754495
Paperback
On 19 December, 1939 the German admiralty took over the new warship Raider 16 (originally named Atlantis). Her crew included 21 officers and 328 seamen under command of the skilled captain Rogge. The book describes the story of this ship and her crew, details of the sinking of many merchant ships, Rogge's decisions and reasons for the tactics he used, and the sinking of Raider 16 by HMS Devonshire and the rescue of her crew by Eckermann's U-A and Merten's U-68.

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Czech

Prepadova lod 16

by Hoyt, Edwin P.
(Raider 16)
Skutecny pribeh legendarni nemecke valecne lodi
1999, Beta - Dobrovsky a Sevcik Praha 4, Kvetnoveho vitestvi 332
ISBN 808627845X
Hardcover, 210 pages, 14 photos
On 19 December, 1939 the German admiralty took over the new warship Raider 16 (originally named Atlantis). Her crew included 21 officers and 328 seamen under command of the skilled captain Rogge. The book describes the story of this ship and her crew, details of the sinking of many merchant ships, Rogge's decisions and reasons for the tactics he used, and the sinking of Raider 16 by HMS Devonshire and the rescue of her crew by Eckermann's U-A and Merten's U-68.
 


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