UJ 2207 - Cap Nord
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Islande
was an ocean going trawler built in 1926 in Caen for
Joseph Huret. She was sold in 1938 and they year after she
was renamed to Cap Nord and sailed for Marine Nationale
Francaise. In 1939 she was requisitioned by the French
Navy to boost their capability and readiness. After the
French capitulation in June 1940, she sailed under the
Vichy flag with the name Ginette Le Borgne. When the
Germans occupied the Vichy territories in 1942, the
Kriegsmarine requisitioned her and refitted her as a
submarine hunter, and named her UJ 2207. Under a journey
from Genoa to La Spezia escorting a transport, she came
under attack from Allied torpedo boats 14.November 1944
outside Sestri Levante. The wreck rest today standing on
her keel in two separate parts on a depth of approx 25 to
40 meter. Also see some of the other losses from 22.
Ubootjagd Flotille, UJ
2208, UJ
2210 and
UJ 2216.
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