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Sinking of the La Combattante by U-5330

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Weapons and Warfare.com has an account of the sinking that says that Sparbrodt and Jahnke surfaced after the torpedo hit and witnessed the sinking of the destroyer.

https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2020/08/07/seehunds-in-the-thames-estuary-i/

https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2019/09/18/the-pocket-u-boat-seehund-part-i/

I don't know the original citations for either of these works nor do I know of the citation for the explanation of the sinking posted in the article from uboat.net.

https://www.uboat.net/ops/midget.htm

If going off of accounts from Sparbrodt and Jahnke and they witnessed the sinking then I think it is credible that they did sink La Combattante. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smart451 (talkcontribs) 10:20, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]