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First U-Boat sunk by Canadian Navy

10th September 1941: When a U-Boat captain panics at night in the Atlantic, HMCS Moose Jaw and Chambly in join the chase

Sep 10, 2026
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 The Canadian corvette HMCS Moose Jaw was still working up when she was ordered to sea for her first patrol - to intercept a U-boat wolf pack.

The corvette HMCS Moose Jaw was one of two Canadian ships involved in the sinking of U-501 on the 10th September 1941. Moose Jaw was newly commissioned and still working up when she was urgently ordered to sea. Ul…

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