Same book now on page 87 and it states that U39 was the first U-Boat to be sunk during the second world war (the crew and captain "Glattessz") abandoned the U-Boat prior. She was caught by depth charges from the destoryers Faulkner, Foxhound and Firedrake.
The amazing thing is the U39 fired a spread of two torps at the 22,000 ton British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal"who was only 900 yards away......but both exploded prematurely which in-turn brought the three destorys hurtling towards U39.
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