Allied Press Photo U-Boat U-32

In a very good condition a stunning Allied Press Photo of the German Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot U-32 at a practise run at Kiel Harbor.The picture of the U-boat comes in a size of approx 15x20cm and is nicely stamped on the reverse side!A very stunning original U-boat picture!U-32 conducted nine patrols, sinking 20 ships, for a total of 116,836 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging five more, totalling 32,274 GRT and 8,000 tons. On 28 October 1940 U-32, under the command of Hans Jenisch, sank the 42,348 GRT liner Empress of Britain, which had previously been damaged by two 250 kg (550 lb) bombs from a German Focke-Wulf C 200 Condor long-range bomber, commanded by Oberleutnant Bernhard Jope. Empress was the largest ship sunk by a U-boat.U-32 was sunk northwest of Ireland, in position 55°37′N 12°19′W, by depth charges from the British destroyers Harvester and Highlander on 30 October 1940. Nine crew members were killed; 33 survived and became prisoners of war, including Jenisch. Jenisch then spent six and a half years in British captivity before returning to Germany in June 1947.