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U-BOAT SURRENDERS, MAY 1945
Posted by: Cape Crusader ()
Date: May 10, 2010 07:37AM

Today, May 10th, marks the 65th anniversary of the surrender of the U-boat fleet at sea.
The first boat to report her position by radio under the surrender terms was U-1105; she was escorted into Loch Eriboll later that day.
The first boat to be boarded at sea was U-249; she was escorted into Weymouth/Portland.
The first boat to enter a British receiving port was U-1009; she was escorted into Loch Eriboll in the early morning of the 10th.
My study of the Loch Eriboll surrenders "THE GREY WOLVES OF ERIBOLL" (ISBN 978 1904445 32 6) is published later this month. It is a very well illustrated detailed study with many contemporary official Admiralty photographs and incontovertible facts gleaned from official documentation.
Many published U-boat "facts" will need to be corrected, for instance :-

U-244 surrendered at Loch Eriboll (by HMS DEANE of 21EG) and NOT Lisahally
U-293 surrendered at Loch Eriboll (by HMS FITZROY of 21EG) and NOT at Loch Alsh
U-532 surrendered at Loch Eriboll (by HMS RUPERT of 21EG) and NOT at Liverpool
U-764 surrendered at Loch Eriboll (by HMS FITZROY of 21EG) and NOT at Lisahally
U-825 surrendered at Loch Eriboll (by HMS BYRON of 21EG) and NOT at Portland
U-1109 surrendered at Loch Eriboll (by HMS BYRON of 21EG) and NOT at Horten
U-1231 surrendered at Loch Eriboll (by HMS RUPERT of 21EG) and NOT at Lough Foyle

The book is published by Whittles Publishers, Caithness. This link gives more details : www.whittlespublishing.com/index.php?view=product&product=119

Regards to everyone.

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