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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
On the other hand, if I remember rightly, in his book U-Boat Killer Donald MacIntyre describes what happened when one destroyer rammed a u-boat at full speed as the sub was trying to submerge. The sub was sunk, but the destroyer ran completely over it, ripping off both propellors and rudders. The DD survived, but had to be towed home and missed several months of action while being repaired.
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I got that from "Sea Wolves" by Wolfgang Frank. I also thought there was a passage in which MacIntyre talks about a certain class of escort having an enhanced capactiy for ramming but I'm not sure. I can guarantee that more than one escort vessel was heavily damaged by ramming though.