Prisoners enjoy a hot meal aboard Spencer immediately after their capture.

Left to right: Maschinenobergefreiter Werner Bickel; Maschinenmaat Hermann Küffner and Matrosenobergefreiter Ewald Urbanek.

Back row, left to right: Maschinenmaat Erwin Geimeir, Mechanikersmaat Herbert Brunken, Maschinengefreiter Gustav Brückmann and Maschinenobergefreiter Walter Schroeder.

Prisoners enjoy magazines and cigars aboard Spencer.

Left to right: Maschinenobergefreiter Walther Schroeder, Mechanikersmaat Herbert Brunken, Matrosenobergefreiter Ewald Urbanek, Funkobergefreiter Rudolf March, Maschinenobergefreiter Werner Bickel, Maschinengefreiter Gustav Brückmann and Mechanikerobergefreiter Josef Rosenkranz.

Left to right: Maschinenmaat Herman Küffner,  Maschinenmaat Werner Kahmann, Maschinenmaat Erwin Geimeier; Maschinist Helmut Schlosser,  Funkmaat Herman Kohler, Fähnrich zur See Walter Wepplemann and Matrosenobergefreiter Max Klinger.

Prisoners from Duane are handed over to British Marines on 20 April at the Royal Naval Base at Greenock-Gourock, Scotland.  Duane (inboard) and Spencer (outboard) can be seen in the background.

 

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