; a mixing up of an old history................The Ar 196 of the Küstenfliegergruppe 706 and the HMS Seal.
The capture of HMS Seal.
The war surprised the HMS Seal (Lt.Cdr. RP Lonsdale, RN) in Aden while on a trip to the east and returned to the North Sea where she carried out several missions until she had to go into repairs after suffering an accidental collision with a freighter.
Repairs completed she sailed on April 29, 1940 for laying mines as part of Operation DF 7. On May 4, 1940 at 02:15 hours was attacked by a German plane while charging batteries on the surface and went to immersion. At 02:30 hours went to the minelaying zone to 40 ft. At 08:00 hours laying of 50 mines from 60 ft. At 08:30 hours sailing northwards she sighted enemy A/S vessels and altered the course to the northwest varying depth. At 18:00 hours the ship was unexpectedly heavy stern at 18:25 hours stopped the main engines and the sub settled on the seabed at 120 ft. At 18:30 hours explosion stern and aft compartments and mess deck flooded.
On May 5, 1940 at 01:00 hours the submarine surfaced out of control. At 03:00 hours under attack from a He-115 flying from Aalborg, two wounded. At 03:00 hours reached the place two Ar 196 of Küstenfliegergruppe 706 (at that time newly reconstituted with a single Staffel). Final action, destruction of codes.
Sources: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:HMS_Seal.jpg
http://www.cavillconnections.co.uk/seal.htm
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/sh ... 3-Hms-seal
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