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U-Boat Identity Surrendering at Londonderry
Posted by: Mark McShane ()
Date: August 15, 2010 01:59PM

Gents,

I came across a movietone clip showing a U-bot surrendering at Londonderry with Max Horten present to accept the surrender. If you look at the clip at 42 seconds in you see an RN rating standing guard on the aft anti-aircraft platform, there are no AA guns but what caught my attention were the double sets of container hatches you can see.

[www.secondworldwarni.org]

I thought it may be for minelaying at first, but not sure if they had these large hatches for the shafts. Where liferafts also stowed here as well as forward?


From the same website it is stated that the U-boat that surrendered to Admiral Horten was U-1009, but U-1009 surrendered in Scotland.

Can anybody identify the U-boat in the clip, what the aft hatches were for and the U-boat/commanders identity?

Thanks in advance,

Mark

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