Who had the best submarines in wwII?

[ridgewayranger]

Hi,
I saw type XXIs at Lisahally (Lough Foyle) after the surrender and they certainly looked impressive compared with our boats. I believe one was commissioned into the Royal Navy as Meteor, for evaluation.
R.R.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by ridgewayranger

Hi,
I saw type XXIs at Lisahally (Lough Foyle) after the surrender and they certainly looked impressive compared with our boats. I believe one was commissioned into the Royal Navy as Meteor, for evaluation.
R.R.

U-1407 a Type XVIIB was raised after scuttling and named HMS Meteorite

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u1407.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Meteorite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...VIIB_submarine

U-1406 and U-1407 were scuttled on 7 May 1945 by Oberleutnant Gerhard Grumpelt even though a superior officer, Kapitän zur See Kurt Thoma, had prohibited such actions. Grumpelt was subsequently sentenced to 7 years imprisonment by a British military court.
In July 1945 U-1406 was allocated to the US and U-1407 to Britain and both were soon salvaged.
The Royal Navy repaired the U-1407 and recommissioned her on 25 September 1945 as HMS Meteorite.