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"Of
all the branches of men in the Forces, there is none which shows more devotion
and faces grimmer perils than the submariner.
Great deeds are done in the air
and on the land; nevertheless, nothing surpasses your exploits." Winston
Churchill.
"Only in attack does a submarine reveal herself, before creeping away to the concealment of the deep"
British Submarine HMS Graph
(Formerly U-570)
The U 570 captured 1941 and re commissioned as HMS Graph
(L) The electric motor room of HMS Graph (Ex U-570)
looking towards the diesel engine room and (R) The engine room.
German plates are still mounted on the engines, stating Blohm & Voss. Built in
Hamburg in 1940 and commissioned in May 1941.
Captured on 27 August 1941 just south of Iceland after being damaged by a
Hudson. All 44 crew saved. After running aground off Islay in 1944, Graph
was decommissioned and eventually scrapped in 1961. As a U Boat U-570 had a zero
strike record.
Control Room of HMS Graph. Hydrophone operator is on
the right
The control room, a mass of dials, the hydrophones,
as seen operated above this image
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