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Re: u-1191

Posted by: Rainer ()

Date: December 02, 2015 10:24PM

HMS ORIBI, HMS ONSLAUGHT, HMS BRISSENDEN and HMS SEYMOUR attacked a possible U-boat contact in the evening on 3 July 1944, after air bubbles and an oil slick surfaced only HMS BRISSENDEN remained behind and tried to raise debris from the wreck by further depth charge attacks on 4 July. She was relieved by HMS TALYBONT and HMS WENSLEYDALE, the latter continuing the attacks for two more days and eventually picking up wooden wreckage and some sort of water-proof clothing. The U-boat assessment committee decided that the ships probably attacked the wreck of an E-boat or similar small craft because the wood recovered was painted white not usually connected with a U-boat and the clothing was not recognized as being from an U-boat when shown to German prisoners.

However, the wreck in this position was discovered to be a U-boat in 1995 and investigated in 1999. Initially thought to be the wreck of U-988 it was only recently identified as U-1191 by Axel Niestlé and the above mentioned attacks reassessed.

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Rainer

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Rainer Wrote:
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> HMS ORIBI, HMS ONSLAUGHT, HMS BRISSENDEN and HMS
> SEYMOUR attacked a possible U-boat contact in the
> evening on 3 July 1944, after air bubbles and an
> oil slick surfaced only HMS BRISSENDEN remained
> behind and tried to raise debris from the wreck by
> further depth charge attacks on 4 July. She was
> relieved by HMS TALYBONT and HMS WENSLEYDALE, the
> latter continuing the attacks for two more days
> and eventually picking up wooden wreckage and some
> sort of water-proof clothing. The U-boat
> assessment committee decided that the ships
> probably attacked the wreck of an E-boat or
> similar small craft because the wood recovered was
> painted white not usually connected with a U-boat
> and the clothing was not recognized as being from
> an U-boat when shown to German prisoners.
> 
> However, the wreck in this position was discovered
> to be a U-boat in 1995 and investigated in 1999.
> Initially thought to be the wreck of U-988 it was
> only recently identified as U-1191 by Axel Niestlé
> and the above mentioned attacks reassessed.