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Originally Posted by Vacillator
I got to wondering how many boats tried, and either succeeded or failed. Found the following map of known sinkings:
http://uboat.net/maps/gibraltar.htm
That doesn't seem that many (on a cold statistical basis), so does that mean not many tried? |
According to the same site (u-boat.net) the Germans managed to send 62 U-boats into the Mediterranean. 9 U-boats where sunk while attempting passage and 10 more had to abort their attempt due to damage.