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U-255
German submarine ''U-255'' was a German Type VII submarine#Type VIIC, Type VIIC U-boat that served in Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. The submarine was Keel laying, laid down on 21 December 1940 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack, Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 8 October 1941 and Ship commissioning, commissioned on 29 November 1941 under the command of ''Kapitänleutnant'' Reinhart Reche. One of the most successful U-boats to operate in Arctic waters, she operated from Norway during 1942–1943, and then from France in 1944–1945, sailing on 15 combat patrols, sinking ten merchant ships totalling and damaging another of enough for it to be written off as a total loss. She also sank the 1,200-tons . At the end of the war ''U-255'' surrendered to the British, and was sunk during Operation Deadlight on 13 December 1945. Construction ''U-255'' was ordered by the ''Kriegsmarine'' on 23 September 1939 and Keel laying, laid down more than a y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convoy PQ 17
PQ 17 was the code name for an Allied Arctic convoy during the Second World War. On 27 June 1942, the ships sailed from Hvalfjörður, Iceland, for the port of Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union. The convoy was located by German forces on 1 July, after which it was shadowed continuously and attacked. The First Sea Lord Admiral Dudley Pound, acting on information that German surface units, including the German battleship ''Tirpitz'', were moving to intercept, ordered the covering force built around the Allied battleships HMS ''Duke of York'' and the USS ''Washington'' away from the convoy and told the convoy to scatter. Because of vacillation by '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' (OKW, German armed forces high command), the ''Tirpitz'' raid never materialised. The convoy was the first large joint Anglo-American naval operation under British command; in Churchill's view this encouraged a more careful approach to fleet movements. As the close escort and the covering cruiser force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |