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Part 8
22nd October

U-boats u-10 and u-50 enter the new home of the Royal Navy at Loch Ewe. There mission is to lay the new magnetic mine. It is hoped that this manages to damage ships entering and leaving.

Unfortunately for the U-boats the destroyers HMS Hunter and Hardy are on ASW duty. The ASDIC of both destroyers manages to find u-10 and u-50. Hms Hunter increases speed to 20 knots as guns from the shore fire star shells illuminating the entire loch.

Hunters crew start to prepare for a depth charge run. As Hunter starts dropping depth charges both U-boats turn and try to escape from the ASW destroyer. U-50 runs aground while trying to move out of the depth charges. U-10 manages to escape.

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