Cruel Seas: German U-Boat VIIc Roman spewing out a lethal hail

spewing out a lethal hail of shot at point blank range

So successful was the Humber that it served throughout the war

captured again by France in 1801 and finally donated to the Papal States in 1802

Often the NCO was a veteran or a formerly invalid soldier returning to duty

Cruel Seas: German U-Boat VIIc Roman spewing out a lethal hailThe Type VII formed the backbone of Germanys mighty U boat fleet throughout the Second World War, sinking vast quantities of Allied shipping but suffering horrific casualties in return. They were the most widely produced submarines in history. 703 were built, of which only one (U 995) survives today. The fate of most was a watery grave at the hands of Allied escorts and aircraft or scuttling at the hands of the Royal Navy during Operation Deadlight in