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Damaged conning tower of U-513

photo of German submarine with damaged conning tower

Photo: from the collection of Barry and Marita Collings

Photo from U-boat commander Rolf Rüggeberg’s personal collection.

It shows the extensive damage to the U-boat conning tower caused by its submerged collision with SS Lord Strathcona on September 5, 1942 in Bell Island Tickle. Two crewmen are visible on the bridge of the conning tower. The Viking ship emblem of U-513 is painted on the front of the conning tower.