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This sloop participated in the sinking of the following German vessels: * U-449, Near Cape Ortegal, Spain, 24 June 1943 * U-462, Bay of Biscay, 30 July 1943 * U-504, Near Cape Ortegal, Spain, 30 July 1943 * U-226, East of Newfoundland, 6 November 1943 * U-762, North Atlantic, 8 February 1944 * U-424, Southwest of Ireland, 11 February 1944 * U-264, North Atlantic, 11 February 1944

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  • HMS Woodpecker (U08)
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  • This sloop participated in the sinking of the following German vessels: * U-449, Near Cape Ortegal, Spain, 24 June 1943 * U-462, Bay of Biscay, 30 July 1943 * U-504, Near Cape Ortegal, Spain, 30 July 1943 * U-226, East of Newfoundland, 6 November 1943 * U-762, North Atlantic, 8 February 1944 * U-424, Southwest of Ireland, 11 February 1944 * U-264, North Atlantic, 11 February 1944
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  • Woodpecker in December 1942
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  • This sloop participated in the sinking of the following German vessels: * U-449, Near Cape Ortegal, Spain, 24 June 1943 * U-462, Bay of Biscay, 30 July 1943 * U-504, Near Cape Ortegal, Spain, 30 July 1943 * U-226, East of Newfoundland, 6 November 1943 * U-762, North Atlantic, 8 February 1944 * U-424, Southwest of Ireland, 11 February 1944 * U-264, North Atlantic, 11 February 1944 In February 1944, the Woodpecker was under the command of Commander H. L. Pryse, RNR, escorting convoy ON 224. On 20 February 1944, she was struck in the stern by an acoustic torpedo launched from the U-boat U-256. While being towed toward home, on 27 February 1944 the Woodpecker foundered and sank in an Atlantic storm. The skeleton crew was rescued before the ship went under.
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