HMS Vanoc

HMS Vanoc, pictured in March 1939. In April 1941 the Vanoc rammed and sank U-100, with the loss of all but six of U-100's crew. The skipper Joachim Schepke was amongst those lost. Click here to read more about Schepke's career and the sinking of U-100 by HMS Vanoc. Fred Chilton served on HMS Vanoc during the war and his recollections of this period, including the sinking of U-100 can be read at The Wartime Memoirs of Fred and Iris Chilton.

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