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15.    U-Boat Photo Album - U-561 - Nice!
241 photos all from the same U-Boat sailor, has original metal U-Boat U-561 emblem on the front!! Rare!  group photos, U-Boat badges in wear, great photos of crew on deck of U-Boat, officers on conning tower, great photos of cap badges in wear, other warships at sea, crew on lookout at sea, on convoy with other U-Boats at sea, returning from missions, KNIGHTS CROSS WINNER posing after mission,  conning tower emblems, captain in white cap, salty bearded crew posing after return from missions at sea, tropical KM uniforms, female KM Helferin, photos of the crew in Athens, U-Boat going through the Corinth Canal, and more. Super album!
. In 15 patrols she sank five ships for a total of 17,146 gross register tons (GRT), plus one ship damaged and a second a total loss. During late July 1941, U-561, along with 9 other German and Italian submarines, attacked convoy OG 69 en route from Liverpool to Gibraltar. U-561 torpedoed and sank the 1,884 GRT British freighter Wrotham. She was sunk by torpedoes fired from Royal Navy's HMS MTB-81 on 12 July 1943 at position 38°16′N 15°39′E in the Straits of Messina.[3]
$2350