U-453 by Ivan Berryman. SIG1404 Char B at Stonne by

Char B at Stonne by David Pentland

Royal Dockyard Portsmouth

For want of a substitute he flies his own red jacket from the pole

finally exploding underwater

The Postage Stamp

U-453 by Ivan Berryman. SIG1404 Char B at Stonne byDHM6733. U 453 by Ivan Berryman. The Type VIIC U Boat U 453 began service in June 1941 under the command of Knight's Cross winner Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach and claimed 10 vessels sunk including the Royal Navy minesweeper HMS Hebe. U 453 was sunk on 21st May 1944 by the destroyers HMS Tenacious, HMS Termagant and HMS Liddesdale off the coast of Italy. She is shown here on one of 17 patrols defending herself from air attack by a Catalina from RAF