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Graph showing numbers of Allied merchant ships and U-boats sunk per month
image showing British bar chart of numbers of German U-boats each month during World War II
1939 typewritten report on need for coastal defence of Bell Island
typewritten telegram marked SECRET from Newfoundland Governor on need for coastal defences at Bell Island
Two coastal defence guns on concrete platforms on Bell Island
small Navy patrol boat at anchor
photo of U-boat commander in his German Navy dress uniform
photo of German submarine at sea with iceberg in the background
German U-boat at sea with some crew standing on deck
photo of German submarine with damaged conning tower
image of U-boat logbook (English translation) for September 5, 1942 attacks
a long metal torpedo with detonator and two propellers
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