The U-boat war in Maps

The Irish Sea

U-1024 was captured at sea on 12 April, 1945 but sank while in tow to harbour.

All the boats apart from U-33 (sunk in 1940) and U-400 (sunk in late 1944) were lost in 1945.

U-296, U-482 and U-104 are listed as being missing in or around the Northern Channel.

U-260 is actually located just outside this map on the left, but I wanted to try to squeeze it in :)


Books dealing with this subject include:

Death in the Irish Sea. Stokes, Roy, 1998.
Torpedoed!. Philip Lecane, 2005.


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