Operation Deadlight

Scuttled U-Boats

by Norman Field


More than 100 German U-Boats were scuttled by the British after the end of World War II in Operation ‘DEADLIGHT’ off the NW coast of Ireland. Exactly where were they sunk? New Member NORMAN FIELD tells us the following:

BOATTYPEREMARKS
U-295VII-C/41Sunk by gunfire at 56.14N x 10.37W
U-298VII-C/41Sunk by gunfire at 55.35N x 07.54W
U-299VII-C/41Sunk when tow bridle parted at 55.38N x 07.54W
U-312VII-CSunk at 55.35N x 07.54W
U-313VII-CSunk at 55.40N x 08.24W
U-318VII-C/41Sunk at 55.47N x 08.30W
U-328VII-C/41Sunk by aircraft at 55.50N x 10.05W
U-363VII-CSunk at 55.45N x 08.18W
U-368VII-CSunk by gunfire at 56.14N x 10.37W
U-369VII-CSunk by gunfire at 55.31N x 07.27W

In KTB #117 we gave our Members a hint of what was to come. A SHARKHUNTERS Member in England has already secured the contract to raise these boats. They will break the boats up for scrap, for the heavy metals such as the steel and lead. What will be the involvement of SHARKHUNTERS in this project? I think we will be able to put it all on the pages of KTB #119. I am not being evasive, but with something of this magnitude, all the “T”s have to be crossed and the “i”s dotted precisely before getting too far ahead of the game. Please be patient.


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