U-BOAT BASES
DISCLOSED BY CANADIAN OFFICER PRISONERS SHOT THROUGH TORPEDO TUBE. TO DECEIVE SEARCHING WARSHIPS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) LOS ANGELES, February 25. U-boat commanders in an attempt to mislead attacking warships propel prisoners through torpedo tubes, together with debris and oil, creating the illusion that the submarine has been destroyed. When prisoners are not available it is believed submarine crews draw lots for selecting one to make the supreme sacrifice. Lieutenant John Sturdy, of the Royal Canadian Navy, in revealing this Nazi trickery said it deceived the Allies when it was first employed but new sound detecting devices now enable us to determine certainly whether the submarine has been destroyed. Lieutenant Sturdy said the Germans sometimes man a dummy lifeboat attached to the conning tower and send out radio distress signals to attract rescue craft, which on arrival are promptly torpedoed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1943, Page 3
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146U-BOAT BASES Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1943, Page 3
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