U-47 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG467 the Sturmgruppe aimed for the

the Sturmgruppe aimed for the less well defended centre of the stream

(GS) D squadron 22 SAS

approaches the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar

Launched in 1943

Hans-Joachim Buddecke was only the third ace to be awarded the Blue Max (after Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke)

U-47 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG467 the Sturmgruppe aimed for theDHM6752AP. U 47 by Ivan Berryman. Under the command of Gnther Prien, the deadly U 47 became the 10th most successful U Boat of World War Two in terms of tonnage sunk. However, on 8th October 1939 she sank the British battleship HMS Royak Oak within Scapa Flow, the main British naval base of the war, despite the anti submarine measures in place. The submarine was presumed lost with all hands when she failed to return from her 10th patrol in March 1941,