When World War II Came to Bell Island, Newfoundland When World War II Came to Bell Island, Newfoundland Bell Island Heritage Society Inc. & Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland & Labrador Inc.
Photo of German submarine U-518 at sea in 1943, with a second U-boat (U-180) in the background.
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Bell Island workmen hold the aft section of German torpedo recovered beside ore-loading pier on Bell Island on November 3, 1942.
U-boat tied up beside a supply ship
Emblem on conning tower is for the 2nd U-boat Flotilla
German U-boat sailing in coastal waters with crew visible on the forward and after deck, and in the conning tower bridge.
Type IXC U-boats carried a crew of 48 and were armed with 22 torpedoes and a 105mm deck gun. Their top speed on the surface was 18 knots […]
on the bridge of the submarine
German Navy officer waving on shore
showing her Viking ship emblem on the conning tower