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Re: Identifications
Posted by: SnakeDoc ()
Date: August 29, 2013 01:35PM

Hi,

I was wondering about these informations, rewritten from French forum.

SnakeDoc Wrote:
> Back to mysterious picture - I believe it is U766.
> After war she became French sub Laubie. When you
> query Internet for this word, you can find, that
> there are informations (on French sites), that on
> 8th August 1944 U766 left Brest (with 14
> technicians and spare parts for schnorchel) and
> arrived Bordeaux on 17th August. Then - on 18th
> August - together with U963 left Brest and headed
> for Norway, but on 21th August was spotted and
> attacked by British corvette. Due to damages she
> entered La Pallice. Between 23th August and 10th
> September, she was equipped with Schnorchel.


Based on informations from these sites:
[historisches-marinearchiv.de]
[uboatarchive.net]
[uboatarchive.net]
can supplement:

08.08.1944, 22.30 leaving Brest with 14 technicians, heading for Bordeaux
09.08.1944, 20.42 unsuccessful attack on landing-craft with T5 torpedo, square BF52
09.08.1944, 23.46 attacked by aircraft, square BF52
10.08.1944, 11.50 attacked by aircraft, square BF55
10.08.1944, 15.20 attacked by hunter-killer surface group (HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Chaudiere), square BF55
11.08.1944, 23.19 attacked by aircraft, square BF55
12.08.1944, 14.30 attacked by aircraft, square BF55
12.08.1944, 15.10 attacked by hunter-killer surface group (HMS Braithwaite and HMS Cooke), square BF55
14.08.1944, 01.16 attacked by aircraft, shot down, square BF55
19.08.1944, 07.00 entering Le Verdon (Bordeaux)
20.08.1944, 00.45 leaving Le Verdon (Bordeaux)
21.08.1944, 07.00 entering La Pallice
24.08.1944, decommissioning due to heavy damages
10.05.1945, hand over to Allies

According to informations from French forum, I wonder, if after decommissioning the boat, were any repairs/modernization conducted - especially installing Schnorchel. On the other hand, the Allied siege of La Rochelle last from 12 September 1944 to 7 May 1945, so Germans had a lot of time to do - there is a case of U256, decommissioned on 25 June 1944 in Brest, and then repaired and commissioned again on 16 August 1944 and which sailed under Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock to Bergen...

What do you think...?

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Regards
Maciek


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