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Some photographs taken at Lisahally when Castle Archdale aircrew visited the surrendered submarines in late May 1945.
Some German crew men had been retained to maintain the boatswhilst the fate of the vessels was decided.
All would disappear beneath the North Atlantic in "Operation Deadlight".
My late father (who was in the Royal Navy) was mustered to a boarding party which took several U-boats from Loch Ryan to Lisahally on the Foyle.
On one trip the German crew ( those not operating the boat) were confined to the forwarad toprdo room. Half way to Ireland they emerged with a huge enamel bowl filled with "fruit cocktail" - tinned fruit floating in a potent cocktail of alcohol anthing that they had which could be drunk pured in and stirred up.
The "Tommies" were invited to take some and huge mugs were handed out and the end of the war was drunk to - the only sober people to reach "Derry2 - the geran Commander and the officer in charge of the RN party.
Some photographs taken at Lisahally when Castle Archdale aircrew visited the surrendered submarines in late May 1945.
Some German crew men had been retained to maintain the boatswhilst the fate of the vessels was decided.
All would disappear beneath the North Atlantic in "Operation Deadlight".
My late father (who was in the Royal Navy) was mustered to a boarding party which took several U-boats from Loch Ryan to Lisahally on the Foyle.
On one trip the German crew ( those not operating the boat) were confined to the forwarad toprdo room. Half way to Ireland they emerged with a huge enamel bowl filled with "fruit cocktail" - tinned fruit floating in a potent cocktail of alcohol anthing that they had which could be drunk pured in and stirred up.
The "Tommies" were invited to take some and huge mugs were handed out and the end of the war was drunk to - the only sober people to reach "Derry2 - the geran Commander and the officer in charge of the RN party.
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