Shone, Gerald,  1947- <br/><br/>
U-boat in New Zealand waters :  U 862's war patrol off Gisborne and Napier in 1945/ 
Gerald Shone. 
 - 218 p. :  illustrations (some colour), colour maps ;  30 cm 
<br/><br/> "Dr Günther Reiffenstuhl, U-862's First Watch Officer, made his personal diary ... available to the U-Boat Archive ... His detailed daily entries of U-862 in Australian and New Zealand waters form the basis of this book"--Back cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> U 862 was one of three U-boats based in the Far East chosen in Berlin for operations against merchant shipping off the Australian coast in 1944. After sinking the US Liberty ship Robert J. Walker south of Sydney on Christmas Day, 1944, U 862 headed for New Zealand waters and conducted a war patrol along the East Coast of the North Island. Looking for ships to sink, U 862's Commander Timm made a daring entry into Gisborne harbour at midnight on 15 January and the following night chased and fired a torpedo at a merchant ship in Hawkes Bay. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780473351281 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>U 862 (Submarine)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Zealand.