Talk:German submarine U-73 (1940)

Figures
According to the infobox U-73 sank "four warships for a total of 22,947 tons". Should this total be further broken down, as at the moment it gives the impression that two ships had very large deck cargoes!..... or maybe they didn't. Is the text of the article sufficient?

I think it could be confusing, or is it simply too late at night?

What do other editors think?RASAM (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Not in the Infobox - the article makes all clear. By any appraisal, this submarine had a very successful career.  Trading its loss alone for an short-carrier was tactically worth it.HammerFilmFan (talk) 02:01, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

The figures for casualties from the sinking of U-73, differs in this article - 34 survivors vs 23 - to those in the article USS Woolsey (DD-437), which states: ''Woolsey's gunners went to work and completed the destruction of U-73. The destroyer rescued and made prisoners of the U-boat's 23 survivors.'' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.90.13.196 (talk) 12:03, 20 February 2013 (UTC)


 * The 21 number is unsourced and uboat.net says 34, so I'm going to go with 34. Kendall-K1 (talk) 18:55, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Make way to La Spezia !
The fact that U-73 went to La Spezia, is it to do with that the U-boat repair personel were much efficient there? Or is it simply it was the only place on the peninsula where German U-boats could have a repair job? The article about La Spezia does not say much about what happened in La Spezia before 1943.

While I am on this page, could it be that U-73 produced a world record when it sunk the HMS Eagle? With that that much time in to WWII, maybe it was the largest navy ship sunk sofar in known history. --Stat-ist-ikk (talk) 08:47, 4 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Even if you only look at carriers sunk by subs in WWII, I think Yorktown was bigger. Kendall-K1 (talk) 19:00, 20 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Actually, HMS Royal Oak (08) (29,150 ts) sunk in 1939 by GS U-47 (1938) (Prien) was larger than HMS Eagle (1918) (21,850 ts). Since La Spezia was the base and HQ of 29th Flotilla to which U-73 was transferred, it makes sense as a destination for its voyage.ÄDA - DÄP VA (talk) 10:16, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Il 13 dicembre 1943, nel corso di una missione di rientro in Italia da Algeri il piccolo velocissimo incrociatore leggero Pompeo Magno urtò in pieno giorno un ostacolo subacqueo, che fu ritenuto lo scafo di sommergibile. Oggi, per la prima volta in assoluto, possiamo rivelare in questa sede che si trattava del sommergibile tedesco U 73, urtato con vari danni alla torretta dall’unità italiana, mentre si trovava a quota periscopica. L’U 73 ebbe anche distrutto il complesso quadruplo delle mitragliere contraeree da 20 mm, e il comandante del sommergibile, tenente di vascello Horst Deckert, ritenne che l’urto fosse avvenuto con un cacciatorpediniere. Ciò nonostante l’U 73 proseguì nella sua missione portanosi a nord di Orano ove il 16 dicembre attacco il convoglio alleato GUS 24 affondando il piroscafo statunitense (Liberty) John S. Copley di 7.176 tsl.

Francesco Mattesini

Roma, 26 Giugno 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.45.235.144 (talk) 05:30, 26 June 2014 (UTC)