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SiggeMan · 05-19-17, 04:20 PM

May 5th 1945. All uboats recieves the message to seize all hostile operations against allied shipping. Their option now is to scuttle the boat, or for it to be captured by the allies. The captain of the U-28, knowing the war would end, wanted his crew to run no risk of dying, and decided to hoist a white flag and make for a british naval port, one he attacked just a few months before: Scapa flow.

Some 23 km east of the eastern inlet to Scapa flow the U-28 is spotted by two torpedo boats and later engaged by a destroyer, ignoring the white flag. The captain orders the evacuation of the boat, and the crew runs for the deck. After 2 direct hits from the destroyer she is taking on alot of water and starts to sink. The captain, in the conning tower, survived, along with most of the crew, that got out. 5 fell victims to the sea, including the motor officer.
http://imgur.com/a/N9wAF

http://imgur.com/a/P9DmG

http://imgur.com/a/AywmG

At 15:55 she is lost with 5 hands. The survivors are picked up by the british destroyer and were sent to a POW camp for the last few days of the war.
The U-28 was never salvaged and is still resting on the seafloor.

05-19-17, 04:20 PM	#3485
SiggeMan Sailor man Join Date: May 2015 Location: 250 meters below, or Sweden Posts: 48 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	May 5th 1945. All uboats recieves the message to seize all hostile operations against allied shipping. Their option now is to scuttle the boat, or for it to be captured by the allies. The captain of the U-28, knowing the war would end, wanted his crew to run no risk of dying, and decided to hoist a white flag and make for a british naval port, one he attacked just a few months before: Scapa flow. Some 23 km east of the eastern inlet to Scapa flow the U-28 is spotted by two torpedo boats and later engaged by a destroyer, ignoring the white flag. The captain orders the evacuation of the boat, and the crew runs for the deck. After 2 direct hits from the destroyer she is taking on alot of water and starts to sink. The captain, in the conning tower, survived, along with most of the crew, that got out. 5 fell victims to the sea, including the motor officer. http://imgur.com/a/N9wAF http://imgur.com/a/P9DmG http://imgur.com/a/AywmG At 15:55 she is lost with 5 hands. The survivors are picked up by the british destroyer and were sent to a POW camp for the last few days of the war. The U-28 was never salvaged and is still resting on the seafloor. Last edited by SiggeMan; 10-04-17 at 09:20 AM.