Scapa Flow takes its toll

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Originally Posted by Tachyon

I never hit a mine when raiding scapa flow, i smashed right into a wrecked german ship...didnt take any damage strangely enough

Actually... You struck a purposefully sunken British "Block Ship."

These were sunk in strategic places by the British to deny entry by enemy Submarine into Scapa Flow.

Gunther Prien had at least one close call avoiding sunken block ships.

Little known fact: The passage that Gunther Prien used to enter Scapa flow was already scheduled to be closed by the British when he used it... The block ship to be used to close that underwater passage... arrived the following day.

What a difference a day makes!