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Originally Posted by ExFishermanBob
Well, there I am reading this:
http://www.uboatarchive.net/POW/POWI...rechtVisit.htm
and I find a mention of HMS Graph (ex U570). How fascinating, I never realised that we'd had a U-Boat in actual use in the RN. Also, that parts of it are still just offshore of Islay. |
You can taste her in the Laphroaig
On a serious note, Edward Young who served in the Royal Navy's submarine service in WW2, mentions in his book;
"One Of Our Submarines", that U-570 on her maiden voyage was captured by a Hudson bomber.
He states that "It was also the first, and only, instance of a U-boat captured by an aircraft". Quoted verbatim page 63.
Edward Young served under HMS Graph's first Commanding Officer George Colvin in a later submarine HMS Sealion.