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Tempest (N 86) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
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| Build Group: | T 2 |
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Fate: Scuttled in the Gulf of Taranto on 13th February, 1942. The boat was detected, and there followed a seven-hour depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Circe (Capitano di Corvetta Stephanino Palmas). Following an epic struggle, the submarine was forced to the surface in heavy seas. The Italians botched the rescue, and of the crew of sixty-three there were twenty-four survivors (twenty-three out of sixty-two, according to the coxswain). The remainder were lost |
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After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict.
The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence
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Tempest (N 86) |
|
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | T 2 |
|
Fate: Scuttled in the Gulf of Taranto on 13th February, 1942. The boat was detected, and there followed a seven-hour depth charge attack by the Italian torpedo boat Circe (Capitano di Corvetta Stephanino Palmas). Following an epic struggle, the submarine was forced to the surface in heavy seas. The Italians botched the rescue, and of the crew of sixty-three there were twenty-four survivors (twenty-three out of sixty-two, according to the coxswain). The remainder were lost |
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After the narrow defeat of their U-boat fleet in the First World War, the German Navy analyzed their experiences and devised new theories and plans for a future conflict.
The principal result of this study was the development of the daring concept of Rudeltaktik, which involved co-ordinated pack attacks on the Allied convoy systems that had proved so successful in defence
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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