#battleofnarvik

[admiralnelsoniii]

Type VIIC U-boat, U-363 at the Battle of Narvik in WWII. I watched a documentary on YouTube about this battle and I must say the pitiful story of this U-boat's time there was crazy. The captain tried again and again to attack the British warships (tincans and HMS Warspite) but EVERY torpedo he fired just didn't work! And we are talking quite a few attempts here! In fact, if his torpedoes had functioned correctly he would have inflicted some serious damage upon the British forces. The documentary mentioned the captains radio messages back to fleet HQ basically screaming that someone should pay dearly for issuing worthless torpedos to a ship at war. I don't know exactly what the man said, but for him to make a special trip out away from Narvik and risk a radio transmission during an ongoing operation, I imagine he was completely enraged. Poor fellow. Ended the battle in surrender I understand. U-363 taken by the Royal Navy.

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