
February 16th, 1940 - "Altmark Incident", Norway. HMS Cossack intercepts and boards that German supply ship. And liberates 299 British seamen from vessels sunk by Admiral Graf Spee.

Altmark incident

A genuine photo of U-69 bridge.
 On February 17th, 1943, she was sunk in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland in position 50°36'N, 41°07'W by depth charges from HMS Fame (Cdr. R. Heathcote, DSO, RN)

U-69 

German submarine U-251 is at anchor in Narvik (Norway), after attacking convoy PQ-17 in June 1942.
The U-251, a Type VIIC submarine, one of which was the workhorse of German U-boats during World War Two. The U-251 was subsequently sunk by British aircraft on April 19, 1945. There were four survivors, thirty-nine men died.