BlackDragon98
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An ambush means that you have to know the enemy is headed to your ambush spot.I checked my sources BD. Ambush minefield is still an ambush minefield. And here is why it was laid.
HMS Loyalty (J 217) (British Fleet minesweeper) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian...uboat.net
HMCS Alberni (K 103) (Canadian Corvette) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian...uboat.net
Fort Yale (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian...uboat.net
Orminster (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian...uboat.net
The Type VIIC U-boat U-480 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net
The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. Over 40.000 pages on the officers, the boats, technology and the Allied efforts to counter the U-boat threat.uboat.net
NOW WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THE BRITISH PUT THE AMBUSH MINEFIELD THERE? (2nd attack) Look at the maps.
From the very wiki article I cited.
As for the anechoic tile?
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How do we know that the minefield was specifically laid for U-480?
There were other U-boats in the Channel at the time.
The RN just got luck when U-480 was sunk.
It was it's 3rd patrol.
Why didn't the "ambush minefield" work on it's second patrol then?
Because the RN didn't know anything about U-480, only that U-boats were active in the Channel and they were sinking ships.
And you literally just contradicted yourself when you said U-480 was attacked twice.
The source you cited about U-480 is the same one as mine, which clearly stated it was only attacked once.