Royal Canadian Navy : Surrendered U-Boats
Shown is U-889 which surrendered on 10 May, 1945. RCN frigates HMCS Buckingham and HMCS Inch Arran, escorted her to Shelburne, NS, where her captain formally surrendered. On 14 May, 1945 she was commissioned into the RCN, and decommissioned in December of the same year. She was scuttled in 1947. (Source is Wikipedia).
Shown is U-190, which, on 16 April, 1945, torpedoed and sank HMCS Esquimalt with the loss of 52 lives. She surrendered to HMCS Victoriaville on 11 May, 1945, and flying the White Ensign, sailed to Bay Bulls, Newfoundland. She was commissioned into the RCN on 19 May, 1945 and spent the next two years as an anti-submarine training ship. She was decommissioned in July, 1947 and sunk on the spot where she had torpedoed HMCS Esquimalt. (Source is Wikipedia).
U-190 being brought into harbour in England.
U-190 being brought alongside.
U-190 being tied up.
U-190 tied up to HMCS Prince Robert.
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