337 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Chalcosiderite:
- A rare phosphate mineral
- Forms in the oxidised zone of some hydrothermal deposits
- Its name comes from the Greek words "χαλκος/chalkos" (copper) and "σίδηρος/sideros" (iron) because of its composition #minerals

Submarine Kapitänleutnant Heinz Eck was sentenced to death for his role in the murder of survivors from the Greek steamer Peleus, though he claimed he was not acting under the order but on his own initiative.

Korvettenkapitän Karl-Heinz Moehle, who transmitted the order, was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison.

that had been sunk. Ambiguous wording: The order was ambiguously worded, and the interpretation was a key point in the trials of German officers after the war. Post-war trials:
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, who issued the order, denied its interpretation at the Nuremberg trials.

A 1942 German naval order could have been interpreted as directing U-boat crews to murder survivors.
The Laconia Order: In 1942, a German order was issued that could have been interpreted as a directive to kill the survivors of Allied ships

However, a related incident, the "Laconia Order," led to the deaths of shipwrecked sailors.

entire U-Boat crew held responsible and trialed for Murder at Sea

questioned and killed in the water

sunk. He also offered the Germans the provisions that could be found on board, but the U-boat left after firing one G7a torpedo as coup de grâce at 23.04 hours, which struck the drifting Ioanna on starboard side and caused her to sink after 10 minutes. The survivors later landed at Vigo.

At 22.25 hours, the U-boat had fired a G7a torpedo that was a circle runner. The crew immediately abandoned ship and were questioned by the Germans. The master told them that he was a former Greek submarine commander and he left the papers behind because it was clear for him that his ship would be

At 23.04 hours on 1 June 1940 the unescorted Ioanna (Master Vasilis Laskos), a straggler from convoy HG-32F since the night of 29/30 May, was stopped by three shots across her bow by U-37 about 120 miles west of Cape Finisterre.