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<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1737005" data-attributes="member: 3144"><img src="https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10915193_647882192008243_3813266474791370316_n.png?oh=a100ed29a75a8e3b93062dacfc767934&amp;oe=5549F4A2" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> German submarine U-45 (Type VIIB U-boat) conducting speed trials in 1938.On the morning of the 14th of October 1939, U-45 attacked the unescorted convoy KJF-3 about 230 miles southwest of Fastnet and reported the sinking of three big steamers. In fact two ships, Lochavon and Bretagne (total of 19,313 tons) were sunk and the British steam merchant Karamea was missed, because a torpedo detonated prematurely.U-45 was depth-charged and sunk later the same day (14th of October) by the I-class destroyers, HMS Inglefield, HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Intrepid at position 50°58′N 12°57′W., southwest of Ireland. Kapitänleutnant Alexander Gelhaar and all of the 37 crew members went down with the submarine.The three British destroyers were all lost at sea during the war.HMS Ivanhoe struck a mine in September 1940.HMS Intrepid was sunk by a German Junkers 88 in September 1943.HMS Inglefield was sunk by a Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb in February 1944.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1737005, member: 3144"] [IMG]https://scontent-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10915193_647882192008243_3813266474791370316_n.png?oh=a100ed29a75a8e3b93062dacfc767934&oe=5549F4A2[/IMG] German submarine U-45 (Type VIIB U-boat) conducting speed trials in 1938. On the morning of the 14th of October 1939, U-45 attacked the unescorted convoy KJF-3 about 230 miles southwest of Fastnet and reported the sinking of three big steamers. In fact two ships, Lochavon and Bretagne (total of 19,313 tons) were sunk and the British steam merchant Karamea was missed, because a torpedo detonated prematurely. U-45 was depth-charged and sunk later the same day (14th of October) by the I-class destroyers, HMS Inglefield, HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Intrepid at position 50°58′N 12°57′W., southwest of Ireland. Kapitänleutnant Alexander Gelhaar and all of the 37 crew members went down with the submarine. The three British destroyers were all lost at sea during the war. HMS Ivanhoe struck a mine in September 1940. HMS Intrepid was sunk by a German Junkers 88 in September 1943. HMS Inglefield was sunk by a Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb in February 1944. [/QUOTE]

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