Spoiler Alert
I just finished reading a book (I won't tell you the name because I'm going to spoil the main plotline here), about an English officer trying to get to the bottom of hwo the Germans are getting inside the convoys.
The premise the author proposed was that the Germans dry chartered and crewed a number of Swedish ships, which then joined the convoys and during the course of the voyage, the "Swedish" ships would drop back from the convoy claiming engine trouble, rendezvous with a Uboat, and lead it back to the convoy providing radar and ASDIC cover until it rejoined the convoy. (Remember most convoys ran at aroun 6kt which is not much faster than a brisk walking pace).
Not badly written but I thought it was a fairly bizarre plot and I guess that spoiled the experience for me.
Otherwise it does shed some interesting light on some aspects of the Battle of the Atlantic that I was not conversant with prior to reading it.
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