TURNING the TIDE: U-505 First Captured U-Boat (720p)

You have to realise. The RN had NOTHING to do with winning the war! ROFL

These well meaning but misguided Servicemen almost destroyed the victory over the axis forces, they should NEVER have captured the U boat, its secrets were already known, the Brits had already captured an enigma machine,,,,, this "hollywood" filming was so disasterous it almost led to the Court Martial of the task group Commander, he was vain, over ambitious and sought the sort of glory that could have cost millions of Allied lives.

Names of the Escorts ?

Great footage and a compelling story.  But "First Captured UBoat"?  Well, yes, by the US Navy but the British had captured U-110 more than three years before (with a full Enigma machine with rotors and plug cables set, along with a full set of code books, maps, standing orders etc.) and also U-570 near Iceland -- they even commissioned U-570 into the British navy and used it against the Germans.  The British also boarded and searched other UBoats and retrieved useful information but those other boats sunk before they could be secured as "captured".

Awesome footage!

I noticed they didn't describe why the pharmacist was a part of the boarding/salvage party.