Five U-boat kills in five weeks
In the summer of 1942, Canada’s escort fleet excelled at protecting supply convoys from German subs While the corvette HMCS Oakville battled the German submarine
Marc Milner
March 24, 2015
In the summer of 1942, Canada’s escort fleet excelled at protecting supply convoys from German subs While the corvette HMCS Oakville battled the German submarine
On board a crippled U-boat, two brave Canadians—a young gunnery officer and a petty officer—faced increasing peril as they worked against time to capture the
In late August 1942 a fierce and bloody battle in the Caribbean pitted a Canadian corvette against a menacing U-boat. What transpired is the stuff
The destruction of U-210 by His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Assiniboine capped an impressive run for the Royal Canadian Navy’s mid-ocean escorts in the spring and
The attack on convoy ON 115 in late July and early August 1942 was the last in a long series of U-boat assaults on Canadian
By conducting more offensive sweeps and trolling astern of a convoy to find shadowing U-boats, Royal Canadian Navy escort vessels decided they could set the tempo
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