


U-190
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type IX-class Submarine |
Builder | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
Yard Number | 1036 |
Ordered | 4 Nov 1940 |
Laid Down | 7 Oct 1941 |
Launched | 8 Jun 1942 |
Commissioned | 24 Sep 1942 |
This article has been removed for review and updates, please check back again soon!
Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Please help us spread the word: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
Visitor Submitted Comments
All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB.
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB
News
- » WW2DB's 20th Anniversary (29 Dec 2024)
- » Wreck of USS Edsall Found (14 Nov 2024)
- » Autumn 2024 Fundraiser (7 Nov 2024)
- » Nobel Peace Prize for the Atomic Bomb Survivors Organization (11 Oct 2024)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Captain Carl Holden at an award ceremony aboard USS New Jersey, 24 Jul 1943, photo 2 of 2Current Site Statistics
- » 1,150 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 44,163 timeline entries
- » 1,243 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 375 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 260 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,653 photos
- » 431 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."General Douglas MacArthur at Leyte, 17 Oct 1944
28 Jul 2020 11:58:28 PM
At the end of the Second World War U-190 surrendered to the RCN. She was used in various experiments and publicity cruises and her demise was planned for 21st October 1947. For Operation Scuppered the tug Riverton would tow the U-Boat, painted with red and yellow horizontal stripes, to a position fifty miles south–east of Halifax. The plan was for rocket-firing Fireflies to attack first, and then HMCS Haida and HMCS Nootka would blast her with 4.7in gunfire. Seafire fighter-bombers would finish U-190 off and, as the wreck was sliding to the bottom, HMCS New Liskeard would fire her hedgehog at the echo.
What actually happened on Trafalgar day 1947 was rather different. U-190 was already settling by the stern as the Fireflies pulled away. Nootka had just enough time to get off eight shells before U-190 upended and disappeared, New Liskeard hurriedly fired her hedgehog. Nootka let go a pattern of depth charges and the echo was gone. And that was that.