U-190 Mystery Cache
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U-190, sank HMCS Esquimalt, the last Canadian warship to be lost during the II World War.
This cache contains a log book, geocaching info, a FTF Travel Bug and various trading items including 12 Esquimalt/U-Boat 190 pathtags. Please take it easy on the pathtags and leave some for other geocachers. You will have to bring your own pencil.
After its encounter with the Esquimault, U-190 successfully escaped the area and remained on patrol off the Canadian coast until instructions were received from Dönitz to surrender on 8 May. Reith and his boat were finally intercepted by Canadian corvettes 500 miles of Cape Race in Newfoundland on 11 May. Within hours her captain had signed a document of unconditional surrender. With the white ensign flying from her masthead, she sailed under Canadian escort into Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, on 14 May.
This is a puzzle cache so the posted co-ordinates is not where you would find this cache. You will have to do a little bit of internet detective work to get the right decoder that the German Navy used in the II World War.
The settings for the machine are:
Kriegsmarine M4 - UKW: B
Walzen: Gamma II IV VIII
Ringstellung: T-20 N-14 L-12 N-14
Stecker: GA RM IN SL TF BY OP
The encrypted message or co-ordinates are: TFTC BYOP = MWOA UGCQ CQKP RTJL EXMB PBOA JZXZ NAMO BCPV LPSZ RUTY AYXX MRBG GLMQ DJGW ZMPK FLXC BDLF GATK EWHY EVTS MNMS RVOX NNCA AADC WGKA VWEG IFFH TGIX UJO
Able Seaman Albert Bruce Campbell of Quesnel B.C., the second-last survivor of the loss of HMCS Esquimalt, died on 22 June 2009, age 94. He is credited with saving several lives in the hours following the sinking, and earned a citation for gallantry..
There is a $5.00 addmissions to the park. The park is open from Dawn til Dusk
March 20,2013-I did maintenance on my cache today; put in TB’s, one geocoin, 12 U-190 pathtags and several other trading items. The log book is over half filled so I put another log sheet in a bison tube so (DON’T TAKE IT, IT IS NOT TRADING ITEM.) I changed the cache container to an ammo can which is a much more durable cache container.
April 22,2017
A special thanks to E A TOM for doing maintenance on my cache. There should be lots of swag and TB in the cache. Be considerate of other cachers and trade up or even.
03/26/2018
I did maintenance a few ago and the Ammo Can is getting a bit rusty on the outside but ok on the inside; still water tight. Put in a few TB and U-190 COINS.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Nobhg 4gb 5 bss gur tebhaq.