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Originally Posted by Brag
I have never heard or read about any RL U-boats engaging armed merchies on the surface.
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This did indeed happen several times during the war. Hitler's U-Boat War, Vol 2 (you know, THE U-Boat War book by Clay) mentions several incidences where U-Boats took on armed merchants. Most of them ended in stalemates with the U-Boat retreating. At least one ended with the U-Boat winning, and probably a couple ended with the U-Boat taking a hit or two (conning tower?). IIRC, which I'm pretty sure I do as I really like gunning incidents. Most (all) of the above occured in the South Atlantic.