Unterseeboot 215
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Unterseeboot 215 (U-215) was a Type VIID submarine of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down 15 November 1940 by Germaniawerft in Kiel. She was commissioned on 22 November 1941 with Kapitänleutnant Fritz Hoeckner in command.
U-215 conducted one patrol, sinking one 7191-ton ship. On 3 July 1942, while attempting to mine the harbor at Boston, Massachusetts, she interrupted her stealthy mission to torpedo USS Alexander Macomb, which was carrying tanks and guns to Europe. U-215 was immediately detected by the British trawler HMS Le Tigre, depth charged, and sunk with all hands on the Georges Bank in about 90 meters of water some 200 kilometers south of Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
The wreck of U-215 was found by a Canadian dive team in July 2004 with live naval mines aboard and the remains of all 49 crew members.
External Links
CBC News Story [1] (http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/07/13/canada/Uboat_040713)