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Operation Regenbogen (German: Regenbogen-Befehl, "Rainbow Order") was the code name for the planned mass scuttling of the German U-boat fleet, to avoid surrender, at the end of World War II. Background
U-3503 was scuttled on 8 May 1945, west of Gothenburg, Sweden, in the Kattegat, as part of Operation Regenbogen. The U-boat had earlier been sailing on the surface with U-534 and U-3523 just north of the cease-fire line when they had been attacked by allied B-24 Liberator planes. The wreck was raised in 1946 and broken up in Sweden (which first ...
This category is for U-boats scuttled during Operation Regenbogen in early May 1945. Pages in category "Operation Regenbogen (U-boat)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 219 total.
On 30 December it was found again by U-354, and Operation Regenbogen began. On 31 December the German ships, in two sections, met the ocean escort of Convoy JW 51B, and after a sharp engagement, which left the minesweeper Bramble and the destroyer Achates sinking and Onslow , damaged; the attacking force was driven off.
A Navy ship escorting the passenger boat then sank the submarine U-166 by dropping depth charges –– killing all 52 German sailors. WTVT reports a team of scientists under Robert Ballard, ...
U-3004 was scuttled on 2 May 1945, in the Elbe II U-boat pen in Hamburg as part of Operation Regenbogen. [ 3 ] The wreck is located at 53°31′43″N 09°57′08″E / 53.52861°N 9.95222°E / 53.52861; 9.95222
10 Top-scoring U-boats of World War II Boat Type Commissioned Total tonnage Ships sunk Patrols Fate Captains U-48: VIIB: 22 April 1939 300,537 51 12 Scuttled, 3 May 1945 Herbert Schultze Hans-Rudolf Rösing Heinrich Bleichrodt: U-99: VIIB: 18 April 1940 244,658 38 8 Scuttled, 17 March 1941 after depth charging by HMS Walker. Otto Kretschmer: U ...
3rd U-boat Flotilla: Combat La Rochelle: 4th U-boat Flotilla: Training Stettin: 5th U-boat Flotilla: Training Kiel: 6th U-boat Flotilla: Combat St. Nazaire: 7th U-boat Flotilla: Combat St. Nazaire: 8th U-boat Flotilla: Training Danzig: 9th U-boat Flotilla: Combat Brest: 10th U-boat Flotilla: Combat Lorient: 11th U-boat Flotilla: Combat Bergen ...