Operation ‘Deadlight'

U-Boat Sinkings

by Norman Field


Hundreds of U-Boats were surrendered at the end of the war to the British who sank these boats in Operation ‘DEADLIGHT’. Where were they sunk? Norman Field tells us the following:

BOATTYPEREMARKS
U-278VII-CSunk by gunfire at 55.44N x 08.21W
U-281VII-CSank under tow at 55.32N x 07.38W
U-291VII-CSunk by gunfire at 55.50N 09.08W when the tow bridle parted
U-293VII-C/41Damaged as air target, sunk by gunfire at 55.50N x 10.05W
U-294VII-C/41Sunk by gunfire at 55.44N x 08.40W

There are obviously many more boats to be listed, but as you can see, we are running kind of tight in this issue. KTB #118 will have more listings of these boats, but will have BREAKING NEWS regarding the rumors of a salvage company planning to raise many of the ‘DEADLIGHT’ boats - & SHARKHUNTERS involvement.


Back to KTB #117 Table of Contents
Back to KTB List of Issues
Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List
© Copyright 1996 by Harry Cooper, Sharkhunters International, Inc.
This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com
Sharkhunters International, Inc., PO Box 1539, Hernando, FL 34442, ph: 352-637-2917, fax: 352-637-6289, e-m: sharkhunters@hitter.net