hitler's yacht ostwind

It is beautiful despite its former owner. Hitler shot himself on 30 April 1945, avoiding capture by Russian forces which had taken Berlin, and therefore punishment for his crimes, via a suicide pact with his wife, Eva Braun. The Ostwind and its sister ship, the Nordwind, were commissioned by the German government and designed by Hans Gruber, "Germanys genius of yacht design," as one article dubbed him. I wish i could have asked my grandfather questions about his time over there. on east side of St John's river.by: Bruce TaylorYes I too recall the Ostwind moored for extreme renovations next to a very big old Chris named Camelot.The gent that met us just said we couldn't go aboard because of the deck being so wrecked. The yacht was named "GRILLE"..and was kept in BAVARIA.. After the war ..she was at the Great Kills Boat Marina on Staten Island , N.Y.Then.she was next heard of in CaliforniaBeen a long timeseem to get things backwards.:-). He said it ended up in Miami in 1965 where a Daytona Beach attorney, Nick Masters, bought it. The ship received a light armament of three 12.7-centimeter (5 in) guns and was fitted to be capable of serving as an auxiliary minelayer. That evening I began a relationship with Brenda, and I invited her down to Gainesville a few weeks later to hear me speak at the graduation of the senior class of Gainesville high school 1978.So many stories about the Ostwind, and its owner and his spouse were friends with Brenda. Not sure if this is the OSTEND you're interested in. It ended up in Jacksonville where it sat in disrepair until the 1980's. It was given to a Jewish Miami Beach Holocaust survivor who ultimately burned and sank it in the Miami Harbor. In early June 1989, as an airplane flew overhead pulling the sign Never Again, Ostwind was sunk in 275 feet of water off Miami Beach, as the survivors looked on from a nearby boat and applauded and cried. Captain Denbigh was relieved of command by CDR Robert L. Koehler, Jr. on 12 March 1968. The invasion was postponed "until further notice" on 17 September, and three days later Grille and the other vessels were moved to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Hull Story on Twitter: "HITLER'S YACHT: The story of Hitler's It changed hands 2 or 3 times because of the expensive repairs to put it in shape. [10][11][12] The ship was broken up later that year. The history of the USS Irex SS-482: Under Captain Koehler 1967-1969 German history: Rare pictures of Hitler emerge from glass photo negatives, like parts of a puzzle, The Ostwind story was some great times," she told the Times-Union last month. The boat was renamed Helgoland. Designed by noted naval architect Heinrich Gruber, the70 ton vessel was 86 feet in overall length,17 feet in beam,and had a sail area of 3,076 square feet. I dont think I saw a link for it on your webpage so Ive attached it below. FOR SALE! The Fountainebleau Hilton hotel on Miami Beach put up $10,000 to move the Ostwind into deeper water. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it was a huge vessel and like you say, it was scrapped. They understood that she was not, in all probability, Hitlers yacht. Nevertheless, she was built in Germany while Adolf Hitler was in power. In the comments section anonymous mentions the name Bill Robinson (with an incorrect date of 1995) and my friend wondered if it was my husband.Long before I moved to Florida, in the early 80s my husband bought a property in Mandarin, on the river from a woman who was the mother of Horace Glass. Horace would likely be in his early to mid 80s if still alive. "Diving was nothing new to me, but scuba certainly was," he said. That meant scuba diving to it. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., until it was sold as surplus in the late 1950s. Gunnery training duties followed from August 1941 until March 1942, when she was reduced to a headquarters ship for the commander of naval forces based in occupied Norway; she served in this capacity for the rest of the war. LEBANON, N.H. -- In the 45 years since it was commissioned, Adolf Hitler's yacht Ostwind has tended submarine nets, been stripped by vandals, sunk several times and passed through a variety of owners. I believe this pic was taken on this trip. The "Ostwind" and the "Nordwind" designed by Heinrich Gruber, Ostwind was transported to America by the U.S. Navy as booty in 1947. Very good condition. ", The story let marina worker Linda Arter have the last word. Act One - This American Life [5], At the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939, Grille was mobilized wartime service. Theres more to the story but more important to me, I would love to be in touch with Brenda Counsel, and Jody,the owners wife if they are still around.Tim Dobbins tim@timothydobbins.com, Aug 05, 2017Hitler's yachtby: Tom WhiteIn the 80s when I was restoring a wooden Snipe the owner of the salvage yard allowed me to remove boards from the hull. Fact check: Time magazine did not praise Hitler with 1938 'Man of the Year' title, 'The American way': The battle for Ukraine and why it matters to the U.S. and the world. The Glasses had sold the boat for $1 to a Massachusetts man for his planned museum, but officials in Plymouth came out against having the Ostwind anywhere in their city. The Ostwind was commissioned in 1938 by Hitler as an Olympic racing vessel, but it was never entered in competition and was used instead by Nazi officials. [1] She had a cruising radius of 9,500 nautical miles (17,600km; 10,900mi). ), Tupaia: Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator by Joan Druett, A Tainted Dawn: The Great War (1792-1815) Book I Founded in 1999. The story said hed changed his mind about living aboard it. Some of it's painful, some of it's happy," she said. I would like to contact this person. Oct 05, 2014Jacksonville, Late 1960'sby: JonThe Ostwind has created many tales, and apparently two were built, identical. Was just east of Trout River bridge. I ran across your post this morning bc I was researching a photo that my father took durring ww2. My husband agrees with a comment made by someone that Horaces wife was named Jody. The film was made (I was told) to promote leasing of the ship for private trips or parties. That's where a North Florida connection pops up: A spokesman for the corporation that owns the boat said arrangements would be made to move the East Wind to Jacksonville for repairs., The proud racing yawl Ost Wind has finally met a miserable end stripped of its finery and its sails, looted by river pirates, sunk in Floridas Intracoastal Waterway and moored to a palm tree to keep it from blocking the channel.. The Army Corps of Engineers ordered the yacht moved or government crews would dismantle the remains and bill Miami Beach officials. by tigre 06 Sep 2014, 11:53, Post Last year, Nelson contacted Miami Beach officials about using the remains as a reef. by Maxschnauzer 06 May 2014, 11:48, Post She has had an incredibly hectic past and almost everyone who ever knew her has a yarn to tell about her and Im sure theyre not all true.. J.J. Nelson, who took the boat after it had been abandoned at his property, said it had been nothing but a pain to him over the last seven years, and he was sick of American Nazis trying to buy it. "He is an artist, and a dreamer," she said, "and I think he thought it would make a great home for him and his girls. But the consensus is that he visited the boat only a couple of times. The Ostwind was one of two sailboats commissioned by Hitler in 1936 and it came to the United States after the war changing owners a half dozen times. The Ostwind was one of two yachts built by the Nazi government after a poor German showing in the 1936 Olympic races. Both yachts were built at great expense, an estimated $250'000, after Nazi Germany's poor performance at the 1936 Olympics and were designed by the then famous naval architect A. Gruber. The Nordwind is the sister ship of Hitler's . In 1939, more than 900 Jewish refugees set sail aboard the liner bound from Germany to Cuba, only to find that Cuban officials would not admit them. Mike. Horace Glass said he figured it would be a 10-year project to restore the yacht. [7] According to the naval historians J. J. Colledge and Ben Warlow, Grille returned to northern Germany at some point after the war, and it was there that she was occupied by British forces, in August 1945. by Maxschnauzer 29 May 2014, 04:35, Post And that was enough for the 100 Holocaust survivors who witnessed its sinking off Miami Beach as an airplane flew overhead pulling a sign that said, "Never again. By Jeffrey Schmalz, Special To the New York Times. In 1939, more than 900 Jewish refugees set sail aboard the liner St. Louis bound from Germany to Cuba, only to find that Cuban officials would not admit them. "I borrowed a scuba set from a friend, and as we drove down there I had my wife Jody read a book [on scuba diving] to tell me what not to do., That's how much of the work went, Everett said. But a holding company was now in control of the dock, and they wanted the Ostwind removed. Thanks for telling us about "Grille". '', See the article in its original context from. She had a beam of 13.5m (44ft) and a draft of 4.2m (14ft). [2], She was armed with three 12.7cm (5in) SK C/34 naval guns in individual mountings, one forward and two aft. The Jacksonville ship I was told about, was in Mandarin at one point, or very close proximity.A friend of my Father's had bought it for the lead ballast. 2023 www.jacksonville.com. 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Marina owner J.J. Nelson took possession of the yacht in 1981. In 1936, the German government had two racing sailboats built, the Ostwind and the Nordwind, reputedly because the German sailing team had performed poorly in the previous Olympics. "Hansestadt Kln" was a representative excursion ship of Cologne and used for trips with prominent guests. Hitler apparently only used the vessel once or twice. She remained in Norwegian waters until the end of the war in May 1945, when she was seized by British forces. Sailing Yacht Ostwind I did some research and learned the wreck was towed from Jacksonville to Miami Beach down the Intracoastal Waterway. He always claimed it was from when they took Hitler's yacht and road it down the Rhine river. HITLER'S YACHT IS SUNK TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF ODYSSEY - Deseret News I was born in 1945 my father was a Kreigsmarine officer and He told me Hitler had only luxury vessel, a yacht named Grille.After the war, the US Government decided to scrap Hitlers luxury vessel, then one of the biggest private yachts in the world. But we felt we wanted to send a symbol that crime doesn't pay. They gave up a commercial art and advertising business and eventually sold three houses, two from previous marriages, to pour everything into restoring the yacht.. The family ended up living aboard for three years, the story said, and the five Glass daughters did much of the renovation work. The German government ordered the construction of the yachts following a poor showing in the 1936 Olympic races. After fears that it might be too expensive to get the ship to Miami, the Ostwind was moved from a field near the Trout River to the Intracoastal Waterway, heading south. Bits Of Hitler's Yacht Scattered About N.J.", "A Thrilling Israeli Spy Story, But Is It Accurate? It had been vandalized and stripped, but several other buyers were also apparently interested in it. by Ironmachine 06 May 2014, 08:14, Post But now there was a plan: Miami Beach Vice Mayor Abe Resnick wanted to take the Ostwind south and then sink the yachttobenefit marine life off Miami Beach and mark the 50th anniversary next year of the Voyage of the Damned.. 189: Hitler's Yacht - This American Life She was decommissioned in March 1942 and on 24 August, was assigned as a stationary headquarters ship for the commander of naval forces in occupied Norway. uboat.net - Re: what happened to Hitler's yacht- the "aviso grille"? uboat.net - Re: what happened to Hitler's yacht- the "aviso grille"? The ship returned to Europe, where more than half its passengers eventually fell victim to the Holocaust. The East Wind, an 85-foot yawl built in the 1930s for the pleasure of Nazi bigwigs, sank in the river last Sunday at the spot it had been berthed for at least a decade. Nov 12, 2016Hitler's Yachtby: Hans BraunI am a German. He also dismantled a bar in the town there that Hitler hung out in, and it is now in a home in Maine. He'd heard the boat was mostly sunk in the Intracoastal Waterway and wanted to lay eyes on it. The event was supervised by state environmental officials. Grille was an aviso built in Nazi Germany for the Kriegsmarine (literally 'War Navy') in the mid-1930s for use as a state yacht by Adolf Hitler and other leading individuals in the Nazi regime. Glass said he had to build a museum around it after he takes it out of the river, withblueprints, photographs, historical documents, Nazi art and memorabilia. [6], She was transferred back to the gunnery school on 15 August, where she served for the next seven months. by Lizziehassell1 04 May 2020, 17:34, Return to Kriegsmarine surface ships and Kriegsmarine in general. In early June, she served as the flagship for Admiral Rolf Carls, the commander of the German fleet, during exercises with the fleet's scouting force in the North Sea. "I couldn't stand to see such a fine yacht destroyed," Glass, who's 88. Need help! Hitlers yacht - Page 3 He is the one in the upper left hand corner. The ship returned to Europe, where more than half its passengers eventually fell victim to the Holocaust. I remember that you could still see the hulk at low tide from the old location of Jackies Seafood Kitchen. (28 minutes) Oct 07, 2012Bridge Tender's Memory of Hitler's Yachtby: Ron in Cocoa, FloridaHi, I was a bridge tender in 1989 working on the 40th Street bridge A.K.A. Feb 09, 2019Museumby: MikeI did some bottom work on her in the 70s she was secured up in water on the St. Johns river.Pretty bad shape though you could walk the decks, go below and visualize what remained intact of the staterooms. The boat will form a reef, a home to marine life I think for some this symbolizes the ultimate destruction of the Third Reich.. Nelson, meanwhile, told the Miami News: It looks like were finally reaching the end of this Hitler-boat business once and for all I wish it good riddance myself., Henri Landwirth: Holocaust survivor, philanthropist built legacy of giving, He said the boats presence at his boatyard had beennothing but trouble. A bit of good may have come from this event.. I was not 100% sure the boat in my photograph is "Ostwind", but I ran across other stories that said in 1989 the yacht was transported from Jacksonville to Miami and sunk in the ocean off Miami Beach. In early June 1989, as an airplane flew overhead pulling the sign "Never Again," Ostwind was sunk in 275 feet of water off Miami Beach, as the survivors looked on from a nearby boat and applauded and cried. The Israeli Consulate here heard about the boat and brought her to the attention of a Miami Beach city commissioner, Abe Resnick, who came up with the idea of sinking her. He said he saw two men in white robes and hoods fleeing the scene. Most people looking for the boat of their dreams would head for the nearest marinas to go window-shopping, but Jody and Horace Glass had to get into a scuba outfit to get a look at theirs," he wrote. Florida Back Roads Travel site map shows all of the website pages so you can find your way around. That's when the Ostwind, still bearing swastikas, first showed up in the pages of The Florida Times-Union and Jacksonville Journal the first in 20 years of stories in the Jacksonville newspapers. HITLER YACHT REFLOATED, RESUNK - Deseret News by Condor234 20 Jun 2016, 17:19, Post Toward the end of 1938, Grille was used as a torpedo target for the aircraft of 3. There was an issue with the vessel being seaworthy and bills owed to different parties. ''People either wanted to spit on her or to worship her.''. bought the Ostwind from a marina owner . He passed away in 1986, when i was in 8th grade and had no interest in ww2. But what is for certain is that the Ostwind, German for East Wind, was launched in 1939 from a Bremen boatyard three days after Hitler's army invaded Poland. But there was pathos as well, Nelson said: Another man kept visiting the boat and he said that he could only see his dead wife, who died in a concentration camp, when he was on the Ostwind.. Hitler's yacht | History News Network The boat was in such bad shape that she was sunk today merely by being rolled off a barge. He ordered her built and was aboard her a few times. what happened to Hitler's yacht- the "aviso grille"? Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. I also was able to get several bronze four inch screws. The ship was then assigned to the Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Ostsee (BSOCommander of the Defense of the Baltic Sea) to support the planned Invasion of Poland. It was later sold and ended up in South Florida where by 1969 it was a looted hulk and a nuisance. by Maxschnauzer 07 May 2014, 00:10, Post Dec 02, 2018I worked down the street from this boatby: MoonshineIn the very early 80's I worked as a boiler operator for a paper mill which was part of a well know sheet rock manufacturer on the waterfront on Jacksonville.While working a night shift I read in a Rollingstone magazine article about "Hitler's yacht". Not to Glass and his wife. Aug 17, 2016I saw the Ostwind too near Mandarin, Fl. Miami, South Florida, and Keys within 100 miles. I was working the graveyard shift when a tugboat with a barge was heading South. The yacht described in our article was one of two identical sailboats. [13][14] A blood transfusion kit taken from the Grille forms part of the permanent collection of the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds, Britain. You can read the New York Times article by scrolling down to our comment on July 29, 2014. Streetdaddy, Here's an article on the history of the ship and how it looks today: There was an article in the Miami Herald a few decades ago about Hitler's yacht but it was a sloop type vessel not a cabin motor cruiser. Or Moral? Her standard displacement was 2,560 long tons (2,600t), and at full load, her displacement rose to 3,430 long tons (3,490t). If that doesnt work out fully, Glass figured they could retrofit it to make it easier for a small crew to sail, then install an auxiliary engine and live aboard her until the day when they can point her slender bow toward the islands of the South Pacific., You know there are all kinds of stories about this yacht, Horace Glass told him. However the boat -the Ostwind- ,has found her place as a ghost ship in the recesses of my mind where memories lurk of an evening sail down the Saint Johns River, with three new friends and a fourth numinous spirit who haunts me and the world to this day. There is allegedly a photograph of Hitler and his Mistress Eva Braun taken aboard the boat, but there is no real evidence that Hitler spent muchtime aboard. "We had great times, learned a lot; it just didnt work out. She reportedly sank in the Miami River and was later towed to Jacksonville. The American Nazi party has a file on the Ostwind, but we have never answered their overtures, he told Parks. The legend of the Ostwind as Hitlers yacht seem to spring up in the 1950s when the boat was in the United States and a group of investors attempted to raise money to restore the boat and make it a museum. The story quoted Rabbi Gary Perras of Beth Shalom Congregation in Mandarin, who had notified Holocuast survivors in Miami that the yacht was available: Really, its important the symbolism that good triumphs over evil Hitlers yacht is getting what it deserves: A watery grave.. A storm or hurricane hit Jacksonville and destroyed the Yacht. P.S. TheOstwind was seized by the Americans in 1947, while the Nordwindwas said to be taken by the British and renamed White Rose. Hitler's Yacht Spent Her Final Sad Days in Jacksonville, Florida It seemed so surreal to see this vessel in person.I later heard that it had been moved to South Florida and sunk. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it was a huge vessel and like you say, it was scrapped. Hitler's yacht - Axis History Forum Hitler's Yacht | Vintage Jacksonville She embarked on two operations to lay Minensperre (mine barrier) 16 in company with the light cruiser Kln and several destroyers, the first on 1718 May and the second on 1920 May. You could plainly see the name of the ship, as I recall it was painted white.
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