Schnell Boats Operating in the Baltic by Randall Wilson. SIG2708 The women and children were

The women and children were placed in the ship's cutter

is depicted turning to begin her heroic sacrifice off the Norwegian coast on 8th April 1940

Signature edition print

U-997 served between September 1943 and the end of the war when the submarine was surrendered and subsequently sunk by Allied aircraft with more than 100 other U-boats during Operation Deadlight

Schnell Boats Operating in the Baltic by Randall Wilson. SIG2708 The women and children wereDHM4011. Schnell Boats Operating in the Baltic by Randall Wilson. German Schnell Boats were heavily armed coastal craft often referred to by the Royal Navy as E boats. Fast, and better armed than the Royal navy MTBs and PT boats, they became the most effective inshore attack craft of World War Two. Lurssen built the first German MTB in 1930, originally called UZ16 it would later become W1 and finally S1 in 1932. All German Schnell Boats would carry