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First Victim
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Penang Jan.1944 Officers of U188

            
         PENANG TO BORDEAUX

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Last moments. Midnight. .
U-188 sailed from Penang on 1st. January 1944. She sailed between  the Maldive Islands and at dawn on 20th Jan. sighted the top masts S.S.Fort Buckingham. After a failed submerged attack with three torpedoes she pursued the freighter throughout the day. At midnight  with a surface attack firing two torpedoes she sank the Fort Buckingham; the first of seven ships during the voyage back to Bordeaux.

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