UNTERSEEBOOT C-41

'Unterseeboot C-41' was a German Type UC II U-boat commissioned and deployed to operate off the coast of the British Isles and attack coastal shipping as part of the First Battle of the Atlantic.
In a nine month career, the ''UC-41'' succeeded in sinking eighteen vessels totalling 18,233 tons. This total is believed to include the tiny naval fishing smacks ''Nelson'' and ''Ethel & Millie'' during an engagement on the August 15 1917. The Skipper of ''Nelson'', Thomas Crisp was killed and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, whilst the crew of the ''Ethel & Millie'' were taken prisoner and presumably were still aboard when the submarine was sunk.

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Fate

''UC-41'' was lost on the August 21 1917 after suffering and unexplained internal explosion of one of her mines which forced her to suddenly rise to the surface in the Tay estuary, where she was spotted by British naval trawlers and depth charged, killing all 27 German sailors and possibly seven British prisoners of war as well. He wreck was recently rediscovered in 2003.

External links

★ uboat.net webpage for ''U-41''