A letter from: WM. Jack Jenkins to his brother Lindell.

Only information about U-873 has been posted.

 

Lindell, I am enclosing for you a picture of the submarine captain Fritz Steinhoff who committed suicide after we had turned him over to the army in Portsmouth. This submarine had been out of Norway for two months and had expended four of its torpedoes. The captain destroyed his log when we boarded the submarine. This submarine U-873 had been operating in a wolf pack just outside the Mediterranean Straits where we contacted it around 0200. This is after we had made several runs over it and had dropped depth charges. The unusual part of this encounter is that this was a new type sub. For that time of the war. This was a SNORKEL submarine, which means that they could recharge their batteries while submerged and in those days this was quite an accomplishment.

This information was sent to me by Jack Jenkins, CCS, Plank Owner