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Old 09-27-06, 07:18 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Red Devil
Historically British subs were used, in the main, for clandestime operations, apart from the Mediterranean theatre of operations. No less heroes than their US counterparts, their "war" was unsung and, by necessity, relatively secret. A sim on those would be, if followed historically, mainly dropping off and collecting secret agents and resistance fighters!
Not quite.... read this little extract...

During the Second World War, British submarines proved, for the second time in twenty years, their value and importance as a supreme strategic weapon. 475 merchant ships, 105 warships and 36 submarines had been sunk, with many others damaged. The course of the North African campaign had been decisively altered. However, the cost was a heavy one. 74 of the 206 boats in the Submarine Service did not return, while 3,142 men (1 in 3 who served) were killed and 359 captured.

a fleet of 206 subs destroyed 616 vessels, thats an averge of 3 ships per sub...
Now bear in mind that:
1153 Uboats sank 2,779 vessels, closer to and average of 2 ships per sub...

Suddenly a british sub campaign seems more appealing..

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