Naval Vc Commanding Veteran Destroyer, Sinks U-boat in Big North Atlantic Action. 13 To 16 1943, Liverpool, Lieut Commander R B Stannard, Vc, Making His First Trip As Skipper of HMS Vimy, Has Sent a U-boat To t A15022
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Naval Vc Commanding Veteran Destroyer, Sinks U-boat in Big North Atlantic Action. 13 To 16 1943, Liverpool, Lieut Commander R B Stannard, Vc, Making His First Trip As Skipper of HMS Vimy, Has Sent a U-boat To the Bottom. the Vimy 25 Year Old Veteran Destroyer Built during the Last War, Was Escorting Her First Atlantic Convoy When Enemy U-boats Attacked. during the Successful 3 Day and Night Battle in the North Atlantic HMS Vimy Forced One of the U-boats To Surface With Depth Charges and Completed Its Destruction by Gun Fire. German Survivors Were Rescued and Brought As Prisoners To a Northern Port. the Whole Action Was One of the Heaviest Defeats Inflicted on U-boats during the War.
One of the German prisoners, a Petty Officer, captured after the sinking of the U-boat by HMS VIMY.
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