Black Swan Class Sloop - U-boats Kills

U-boats Kills

  • U-213 was sunk east of the Azores by Erne, Rochester and Sandwich on 31 July 1942.
  • U-124 was sunk west of Oporto by the corvette Stonecrop and Black Swan on 2 April 1943.
  • U-202 was sunk at 00:30 hrs on 2 June 1943 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 56°07′N 39°31′W / 56.12°N 39.52°W / 56.12; -39.52, by depth charges and gunfire from Starling on 2 June 1943.
  • U-449 was sunk north-west of Cape Ortegal by Wren, Woodpecker, Kite and Wild Goose on 24 June 1943.
  • U-462 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by a Handley-Page Halifax and Wren, Kite, Woodpecker, Wild Goose and Woodcock on 30 July 1943.
  • U-504 was sunk north-west of Cape Ortegal by Kite, Woodpecker, Wren and Wild Goose on 30 July 1943.
  • U-226 was sunk east of Newfoundland by Starling, Woodcock and Kite on 6 November 1943.
  • U-538 was sunk south-west of Ireland by the frigate Foley and Crane on 21 November 1943.
  • U-119 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by Starling on 24 June 1943.
  • U-842 was sunk by Starling and Wild Goose on 6 November 1943.
  • U-592 was sunk south-west of Ireland by Starling, Wild Goose and Magpie on 31 January 1944.
  • U-762 was sunk by Woodpecker and Wild Goose on 8 February 1944.
  • U-734 was sunk south-west of Ireland by Wild Goose and Starling on 9 February 1944.
  • U-238 was sunk south-west of Ireland by Kite, Magpie and Starling on 9 February 1944.
  • U-424 was sunk south-west of Ireland by Wild Goose and Woodpecker on 11 February 1944.
  • U-264 was sunk by Woodpecker and Starling on 19 February 1944.
  • U-653 was sunk by a Fairey Swordfish from the escort carrier Vindex, Starling and Wild Goose on 15 March 1944.
  • U-961 was sunk east of Iceland by Starling on 29 March 1944.
  • U-962 was sunk north-west of Cape Finisterre by Crane and Cygnet on 8 April 1944.
  • U-473 was sunk south-west of Ireland by Starling, Wren and Wild Goose on 6 May 1944.
  • U-333 was sunk west of the Scilly Isles by Starling and the frigate Loch Killin on 31 July 1944.
  • U-608 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by Wren and a B-24 Liberator on 10 August 1944.
  • U-385 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by Starling and a Shorts Sunderland on 11 August 1944.
  • U-198 was sunk near the Seychelles by the frigate Findhorn and HMIS Godavari on 12 August 1944.
  • U-354 was sunk in the Barents Sea by Mermaid and Peacock, the frigate Loch Dunvegan and the destroyer Keppel on 24 August 1944.
  • U-394 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea by a Fairey Swordfish from the escort carrier Vindex, the destroyers Keppel and Whitehall and the sloops Mermaid and Peacock on 2 September 1944.
  • U-425 was sunk in the Barents Sea by Lark and the corvette Alnwick Castle on 17 February 1945.
  • U-1276 was sunk south of Waterford by Amethyst on 20 February 1945.
  • U-1208 was sunk by Amethyst and others on 20 February 1945.
  • U-327 was sunk in the English Channel by the frigates Labuan and Loch Fada and Wild Goose on 27 February 1945.
  • U-683 was sunk by Wild Goose and others on 12 March 1945.

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