The following happened to me today :
Bermuda Bay , shallow waters , July 1941
U-505 IXC sailing on the surface
My crew spots an ASW trawler at medium range bearing 322
I dived at periscope depth and start turning to present my stern tubes , in case he decides to attack me.
And so it happened: The trawler turned on me with lights and guns flashing
Both my stern TIs either failed to explode or missed.
The trawler passed over U-505 BUT NO charges were dropped.
So I surfaced on his 6 and sunk him with 5 well placed 10,5cm shots.
I had to pay a price though : 3 men dead from machine gun fire.
My luckiest escape so far!
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