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Originally Posted by Friedl9te
U480 was not sunk by human action. It sunk after having contact with a seamine in a secret minefield.
It was never located by ASDIC !
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That is dependant on what reference source you believe and in your case U-boat.net for one:
http://uboat.net/boats/u480.htm
I have in my possession two other reference books which put her sinking down to depth charge attack by the RN frigates HMS Duckworth and Rowley of the 3rd Escort Group, shortly after she had attacked convoy BTC.78 and sank the Oriskany.
The hunt lasted 6 hours on 24-02-45 position (4955Nx0608W) 11 miles south-west of Lands End, sufficient wreckage was recovered for a 'kill' to be claimed.
An interesting one is this
