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Originally Posted by charognard
Me too, need historic documentation before thinking to do anything ^^
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After briefly googling the idea (which BTW is great), here is a brief reference:
- 5 U-boats including 1 by RAF Bay of Biscay patrol; 3 by US Navy in Azores and Madeira areas; 1 scuttled after storm damaged in mid-Atlantic.
Source:
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignsUboats4.htm
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And here is another reference:
The crew of U.188 (...) struggled to return to Europe with their valuable cargo, so desperately needed - unable to communicate, in a submarine that was short of essential supplies, mechanically failing and severely damaged in a storm rounding the Cape of Good Hope.
Source:
http://scotland.users.ftech.net/u188p1.htm