Root cause of last DID death
August 1941, Captain Georg Jahn went to the bottom when he ignored three self-imposed rules of engagement.
1. Do not attempt a convoy penetration with less than 2 torps.
2. Abort and dive (to 230m in IXC) immediately upon discovery by escort.
3. Do not dive beyond 160 with previous hull damage.
U-65 (IXC) attempted to finished off a wounded large merchant in a convoy with the last torpedo on board. Unfortunately, the u-boat was detected by the alert escort on the starboard side of the convoy before getting into a good firing position. Still trying to sink that large merchant, U-65 stayed near the surface after narrowly avoiding one DC run.
Soon, three escorts are converging on u-65. After U-65 finally fire off the torpedo at the intended target and dive, she was damaged by the third DD run. The u-boat was destroyed by pressure about 180 meters under the surface. The intended target was hit but not sunk (yet).
Root cause of this lost: Greed + Bravado
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