life raft
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19500039-002
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1939-1945 Battle of the Atlantic - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - Germany
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Water transportation equipment
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Materials Rubber
- Service Component German Navy
- Unit U-877
- Caption U-877 Life Raft
- Additional Information Lieutenant Stanislas Déry recovered this life raft after the Canadian corvette HMCS St. Thomas sank the German U-Boat (submarine) U-877 on 27 December 1944. Operating jointly with the frigate HMCS Sea Cliff, St. Thomas made two attacks that badly damaged U-877, which then surfaced so that its crew could escape using life vests or life rafts like this example. Déry, St. Thomas's second in command, was given responsibility for the German sailors rescued from the water and taken prisoner. Printing and diagrams on the raft include instructions on arm signals for communicating with rescue ships and aircraft.