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The German U-boat U-864 was attacked and sunk on 9 February 1945 by HMS Venturer, a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Venturer was patrolling the waters around Fedje Island, off the Norwegian coast in the North Sea. The sinking remains the only incident in the history of naval warfare where one submarine sank another while both were submerged.
HMS Venturer (P68) HMS. Venturer. (P68) HMS Venturer was a Second World War British submarine of the V class that sank two German U-boats and five merchant ships during the war. Following the war, the boat was sold to Norway and was renamed HNoMS Utstein. She was discarded in 1964. She is the only submarine in history to have sunk another while ...
German submarine U-864. German submarine. U-864. German submarine U-864 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine in World War II. On 9 February 1945, she became the only submarine in history to be sunk by an enemy submarine while both were submerged. U-864 was sunk by the British submarine HMS Venturer, and all 73 men on board died.
British code breakers at Bletchley Park deciphered Enigma encoded transmissions and were alerted to U-864's mission. To counter the German U-boat, the Admiralty diverted the submarine HMS Venturer (Lieutenant James Launders), which had just left Lerwick in Scotland, to Fedje Island, off the coast of Norway to search for U-864. [1]
U-864 had already left the area recommended to Launders. Unfortunately for the U-boat, U-864's commander had decided once again to return to Bergen to repair an engine noise problem. The decision would bring U-864 right back past Fedje, where HMS Venturer was lurking. Venturer ' s hydrophone operator noticed a strange sound which he could not ...
Enemy supply convoys were attacked, and, using intelligence provided by Bletchley Park, U-boats heading for the North Atlantic convoy routes were intercepted. HMS Satyr’s numerous successes included sinking U-987 off Norway, [2] and HMS Venturer remains the only submarine ever to have sunk another - U-864 - while both boats were submerged. [3]
During World War II, submarines that fulfilled the offensive surface attack role were termed fleet submarines in the U.S. Navy and "ocean-going", "long-patrol", "type 1" or "1st class" by continental European navies. [4] [5] In the action of 9 February 1945, HMS Venturer sank U-864 while both were at periscope depth. This was the first and so ...
HMS Venturer is the lead ship of the Type 31 frigate -class currently under construction for the Royal Navy and the seventh vessel named HMS Venturer. [9] In May 2021, the names of the five planned Type 31 ships were announced by the First Sea Lord. The names were selected to represent key themes that represent the future plans of the Royal ...