Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Going down


I'm a bit of a history nerd, me. Especially WWII. It fascinates me, especially old wartime footage and war stories.

Like this little nugget that I happened across, the adventures of the German u-boat U29. It was commissioned in 1936, and saw acive service right through the war until it was eventually being scuttled in May 1945. During that time it sunk over 62 thousand tons of shipping, as well as the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous, for the loss of 518 men. The entire crew of U29 were decorated for that action.

But throughout all those years of combat service, there are no records of any crew member being lost through accidents or enemy action. Now that's pretty impressive.


And yes, this was just for you. You know who you are ;)
Posted by Mark :: 21:01 :: 2 Comments:

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