CANADIAN DESTROYER SINKS A U-BOAT. 25 MARCH 1943, LIVERPOOL, HMCS ASSINIBOINE CLAIMED ON REACHING PORT THAT SHE HAD SUNK A GERMAN U-BOAT. IN HIS REPORT THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE DESTROYER SAID THAT CONTACT WAS MADE DURING THE NIGHT AND AFTER CLOSING THE ENEMY SUBMARINE WHICH WAS SURFACED HE GAVE THE ORDER TO RAM, BUT OWING TO THE EVASIVE ACTION OF THE U-BOAT ONLY A GLANCING BLOW WAS DELIVERED. AS THE SUBMARINE PASSED DOWN THE STARBOARD SIDE DEPTH CHARGES WERE DROPPED ON IT AND THE STARBOARD PROPELLER WAS FELT TO STRIKE IT. WHEN DRY-DOCKED , NOT ONLY WAS A PIECE OF THE SUBMARINE'S HULL FOUN
CANADIAN DESTROYER SINKS A U-BOAT. 25 MARCH 1943, LIVERPOOL, HMCS ASSINIBOINE CLAIMED ON REACHING PORT THAT SHE HAD SUNK A GERMAN U-BOAT. IN HIS REPORT THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE DESTROYER SAID THAT CONTACT WAS MADE DURING THE NIGHT AND AFTER CLOSING THE ENEMY SUBMARINE WHICH WAS SURFACED HE GAVE THE ORDER TO RAM, BUT OWING TO THE EVASIVE ACTION OF THE U-BOAT ONLY A GLANCING BLOW WAS DELIVERED. AS THE SUBMARINE PASSED DOWN THE STARBOARD SIDE DEPTH CHARGES WERE DROPPED ON IT AND THE STARBOARD PROPELLER WAS FELT TO STRIKE IT. WHEN DRY-DOCKED , NOT ONLY WAS A PIECE OF THE SUBMARINE'S HULL FOUND EMBEDDED IN THE PROPELLER SHAFT "A" BRACKET, BUT DAMAGE AND SCORES FOUND IN THE BLADES OF THE PROPELLER INDICATE DEEP GASHES MUST HAVE BEEN TORN IN THE HULL OF THE U-BOAT. - The piece of the U-boat found embedded in the propeller bracket of HMCS ASSINIBOINE, one of the damaged blades is shown in the picture, showing how the tip has been ground away by contact with the submarine's hull
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