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The British Submarines That Sank 412,000 Tons In Waters Germans Couldn't Enter

May 24, 1941. HMS Upholder, waters 130 feet deep. German U-boats needed 200+ feet minimum. Italian submarines needed even deeper. Lieutenant Commander Wanklyn fired two torpedoes. Conte Rosso (17,879 tons) sank. Thirty-seven depth charges followed. Upholder survived at 120 feet—10 feet off the bottom. Originally designed as training boats, U-class submarines operated in Mediterranean shallows where larger German and Italian submarines couldn't follow. 12 submarines maximum sank 412,575 tons of Axis shipping (January 1941 - December 1942). SUBSCRIBE for more British submarine tactics. THE ADVANTAGE: German Type VII: 871 tons, needed 200+ feet depth British U-class: 730 tons, operated in 100-foot waters 30-second crash dive vs 45-second German Mediterranean coastal waters: 100-300 feet average Germans physically couldn't operate there British dominated shallows ACHIEVEMENT: 412,575 tons sunk (12 submarines, 18 months) HMS Upholder: 93,031 tons in 11 months HMS Urge: 74,000 tons, damaged battleship Italian sonar classified them as "rocks and wrecks" SHALLOW WATER TACTICS: Bottom-sitting: landed on seabed, zero noise 30-second crash dive (vs German 45 seconds) Silent running: Italian destroyers couldn't detect motionless subs ENEMY RESPONSE: German records: "repeated route changes" Italian submarines: 3 lost to grounding trying to copy British tactics Axis convoys: forced to longer deep-water routes Script: "Rommel's Afrika Korps suffered critical supply shortages directly attributable to submarine interdiction." THE LESSON: Germans had bigger submarines (871 tons vs 730 tons). British had depth capability (100 feet vs 200+ feet). Mediterranean shallows favored British. 412,000 tons proves it. Training boats operated where combat U-boats couldn't. Smaller = advantage in shallow seas. 12 submarines strangled Rommel's supply lines. Sources: Royal Navy Submarine Records, Malta Flotilla Reports, Axis Loss Records #UClassSubmarine #BritishSubmarines #Malta #WWII #Mediterranean #Upholder #RoyalNavy #GermanUboats #SubmarineWarfare #NavalWarfare #WorldWarII #Rommel #NavalHistory #MilitaryHistory #WWIISubmarines © British Naval History. How training boats in 100-foot waters sank 412,000 tons Germans couldn't reach.