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seafarer · 10-31-07, 11:26 AM

I don't know any numbers from WWII, but german u-boats supposedly sank 675 British trawlers between 1914 and 1918, killing 434 fisherman in the process (almost all sunk by gunfire, but at least one by ramming).

A fishing trawler was even used as bait by HM submarine C24 to lure U-40 into torpedo range in 1915 (the tactic was to tow the British sub with the trawler, and lure the U-boat into a quick torpedo kill).

Anyone know any actual figures for attacks/losses of fishing boats in UK waters during WWII?

10-31-07, 11:26 AM	#23
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't know any numbers from WWII, but german u-boats supposedly sank 675 British trawlers between 1914 and 1918, killing 434 fisherman in the process (almost all sunk by gunfire, but at least one by ramming). A fishing trawler was even used as bait by HM submarine C24 to lure U-40 into torpedo range in 1915 (the tactic was to tow the British sub with the trawler, and lure the U-boat into a quick torpedo kill). Anyone know any actual figures for attacks/losses of fishing boats in UK waters during WWII? __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD