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RE: Loss of U 286
Posted by:
Antonio Veiga
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Date: July 08, 2001 10:05PM
<HTML>Hi Andrey
\"The last attempted attack on (convoy) RA66 and indeed the final attemp to attack
an Arctic convoy, was made by U286 during the night of 29/30 April(1945).She was sunk by depth charges from the frigates LOCH SHIN, ANGUILLA and COTTON, before
she could fire a single torpedo, earning the grim accolade of being the last u-boat
to be sunk in Arctic waters.\"
(\"The last year of the Kriegsmarine May 1944-May 1945\" by V.E.Tarrant)
\"On 30 April LOCH SHIN,ANGUILLA and COTTON located and sank U.286\"
(\"CONVOYS RUSSIA 1941-1945\" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague)
\"In the early hours of the following morning (30.IV.45) the boot was to be on the
other foot, for the frigates LOCH INSH, LOCH SHIN, COTTON, and ANGUILLA
attacked and sank U286 (Dietrich)\"
(\"ARCTIC CONVOYS\" by Richard Woodman)
\"Return convoy RA66 (24 ships) sets out on the 29th with JW66s escort, some of which go ahead to clear the 14 U-boats waiting off the Inlet. Frigates \"Anguilla\", \"Cotton\", \"Loch lnsh\" and \"Loch Shin\" of the 19th EG account for \"U-307\" followed by \"U-286\", the last U-boats sunk by warships of the Royal Navy.\"
(Source: [www.naval-history.net])
Best regards
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\"The last attempted attack on (convoy) RA66 and indeed the final attemp to attack
an Arctic convoy, was made by U286 during the night of 29/30 April(1945).She was sunk by depth charges from the frigates LOCH SHIN, ANGUILLA and COTTON, before
she could fire a single torpedo, earning the grim accolade of being the last u-boat
to be sunk in Arctic waters.\"
(\"The last year of the Kriegsmarine May 1944-May 1945\" by V.E.Tarrant)
\"On 30 April LOCH SHIN,ANGUILLA and COTTON located and sank U.286\"
(\"CONVOYS RUSSIA 1941-1945\" by Bob Ruegg and Arnold Hague)
\"In the early hours of the following morning (30.IV.45) the boot was to be on the
other foot, for the frigates LOCH INSH, LOCH SHIN, COTTON, and ANGUILLA
attacked and sank U286 (Dietrich)\"
(\"ARCTIC CONVOYS\" by Richard Woodman)
\"Return convoy RA66 (24 ships) sets out on the 29th with JW66s escort, some of which go ahead to clear the 14 U-boats waiting off the Inlet. Frigates \"Anguilla\", \"Cotton\", \"Loch lnsh\" and \"Loch Shin\" of the 19th EG account for \"U-307\" followed by \"U-286\", the last U-boats sunk by warships of the Royal Navy.\"
(Source: [www.naval-history.net])
Best regards
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| Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Loss of U 286
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Andrey | 07/08/2001 07:40AM |
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RE: Loss of U 286
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Antonio Veiga | 07/08/2001 10:05PM |
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RE: Loss of U 286
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Andrey | 07/09/2001 01:40PM |