| Unterseeboot 413 |
Article Index for Unterseeboot |
Shopping 413 |
Information AboutUnterseeboot 413 |
|
''U-413'' conducted eight patrols in World War II , sinking six ships totaling of 37,985 tons. On November 19 , 1942 , ''U-413'' was attacked by a British Lockheed Hudson aircraft with five bombs and was damaged so severely that she had to return to base. ''U-413'' did not suffer any casualties until August 20 , 1944 , when she was sunk in the English Channel by depth charges from the British escort destroyer ''Wensleydale'' and the destroyers ''Forester'' and ''Vidette'' . 45 of her crew were killed; there was one survivor. Neal Stephenson 's novel '' Cryptonomicon '' features a fictitious ''U-413'', a Milchkuh . It is possible that Stephenson picked the number of the boat not for historical accuracy but rather because it is the product of two primes, 7 and 59. ''See also: List Of U-boats '' |
|
|