John Arthur Hore's U-boat torpedo stopwatch

The contributor brought in a U-boat torpedo stopwatch. It is produced by Junghans and was used to time torpedo shots. It is unclear exactly how it came into his father-in-law's possession, but he served from 1943 as a communications officer on HMS Talybont on the North Atlantic. He was called u...

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Main Author: Their Finest Hour Project Team
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Published: 2024
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British history
European history (excl. British
classical Greek and Roman)
International history
Their Finest Hour
World War Two
Armed Forces
Atlantic
Military
Naval
Navy
Photo
Photograph
Photographs
Photos
Sea
Sea Battle
Ships
North Atlantic
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spelling ftunivoxfordfig:oai:figshare.com:article/25939282 2024-06-23T07:55:06+00:00 John Arthur Hore's U-boat torpedo stopwatch Their Finest Hour Project Team 2024-06-05T20:08:57Z https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25939282.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/John_Arthur_Hore_s_U-boat_torpedo_stopwatch/25939282 unknown doi:10.25446/oxford.25939282.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/John_Arthur_Hore_s_U-boat_torpedo_stopwatch/25939282 CC BY 4.0 British history European history (excl. British classical Greek and Roman) International history Their Finest Hour World War Two Armed Forces Atlantic Military Naval Navy Photo Photograph Photographs Photos Sea Sea Battle Ships Text Online resource 2024 ftunivoxfordfig https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25939282.v1 2024-06-05T23:35:49Z The contributor brought in a U-boat torpedo stopwatch. It is produced by Junghans and was used to time torpedo shots. It is unclear exactly how it came into his father-in-law's possession, but he served from 1943 as a communications officer on HMS Talybont on the North Atlantic. He was called up on his 18th birthday. The contributor's father-in-law did not speak much about the war, but mentioned pulling young Germans out of the water from sunken ships. After the war, he read history at University College, Oxford and was a pacer for Roger Bannister. There is not proof, but the family thought the watch was from this originally. Text North Atlantic Research from University of Oxford
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European history (excl. British
classical Greek and Roman)
International history
Their Finest Hour
World War Two
Armed Forces
Atlantic
Military
Naval
Navy
Photo
Photograph
Photographs
Photos
Sea
Sea Battle
Ships
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European history (excl. British
classical Greek and Roman)
International history
Their Finest Hour
World War Two
Armed Forces
Atlantic
Military
Naval
Navy
Photo
Photograph
Photographs
Photos
Sea
Sea Battle
Ships
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John Arthur Hore's U-boat torpedo stopwatch
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European history (excl. British
classical Greek and Roman)
International history
Their Finest Hour
World War Two
Armed Forces
Atlantic
Military
Naval
Navy
Photo
Photograph
Photographs
Photos
Sea
Sea Battle
Ships
description The contributor brought in a U-boat torpedo stopwatch. It is produced by Junghans and was used to time torpedo shots. It is unclear exactly how it came into his father-in-law's possession, but he served from 1943 as a communications officer on HMS Talybont on the North Atlantic. He was called up on his 18th birthday. The contributor's father-in-law did not speak much about the war, but mentioned pulling young Germans out of the water from sunken ships. After the war, he read history at University College, Oxford and was a pacer for Roger Bannister. There is not proof, but the family thought the watch was from this originally.
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