The English Channel
The first 3 U-boat lost in the Channel were U-12, U-16 and U-40 in 1939. Then U-boats avoided the Channel for the most part due to fear of large allied minefields there. 18 boats were lost in June - August 1944 when they tried to attack the allied landings at Normandy against overwhelming odds (over 1,200 allied warships). The last boats to be sunk here were U-1063, U-1195, U-275 and U-772 in Dec 44 - April 1945.
The darkened area on the map is the area in which the following boats were lost;
U-247, U-333,
U-399,
U-480, U-681,
U-927,
U-1018,
U-1169,
U-1199,
U-1208 and
U-1209.
U-683, U-1055 and U-1191 are listed as missing in the Channel.
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Books dealing with this subject include: HMCS Haida: Battle Ensign Flying, Gough, Barry M., 2001 Maritime Is Number Ten - The Sunderland Era 1939-45, Baff, K.C. (Flight Lieutenant), 1983  S-Boote: les vedettes rapides de la Kriegsmarine 1939-1945, Dallies-Labourdette, Jean-Philippe, 2003 S.S. Leopoldville Disaster, Andrade, Allan, 1999 U. S. Navy PB4Y-1 (B-24) Liberator Squadrons in Great Britain during WWII, Carey, Alan C., 2003 We Fought Them in Gunboats, Hichens, Robert Peverell, 1957 |