The Wreck of the SS T R Thompson (Steamship)

Welcome to the Meridian Divers Adopt-A-Wreck blog. Dedicated to the wreck of the T R Thompson which sank on Friday 29/3/1918 following torpedo attack by UB57 off the Sussex(UK)coast. The Group would be pleased to receive ANY information about the wreck or dive reports . Any comments are sent to the Blog Admin for inclusion & editing if necessary. Please quote the blog if you choose to reproduce it's content. Use the "Quick Reference Labels" & "Search" to navigate.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

War Diary UB57

Now for the next page... if anybody can translate these pages from "naval" German I can send them the files...

War Diary UB57

Here are the relevant entries from the KTB. The note in the column at the top of the right hand page which names the Thompson was anotated in 1940 (or so it says) - the formula that starts "T.E" seems to be a ranging calculation for the torpedo attack.