Naxzi U-boat Surrender in Shelburne, N,S May 1945

[@paulcrawford6206]

My father escorted these German sailors to POW camp in Saskatchewan, on the train, he was a Sgt. Major with 53rd Coastal Battery, Artillery in Shelburne.

[@mirage1719]

Do you have the names of the people he escorted?

[@warrick109]

these are one of the lucky u boat crews, most ended up in a watery grave deep in the ocean.

[@wallyhack5476]

My grandads boat was the u190 Surrendered in Halifax Canada

[@grimstitchfactory4683]

The U190 surrendered 14 May 1945 at Bay Bulls, Newfoundland. In June it was taken to St John's and then, to Halifax. U-190 was formally commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 19 May. Her first assignment, in the summer of 1945, was a ceremonial tour of communities along the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, with stops in Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City, Gaspé, Pictou, and Sydney. She then went to Halifax. U-889 surrendered in Shelburne, and a day later taken to Halifax. I have U-889's Kriegsmarine flag, an Iron Cross First Class (mostly likely taken from Kptlt. Friedrich Brauecker , and the U-Boat clock from U-889. These items came from a Vet of the Nova Scotia Highlanders, a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army that was involved in the removal of many objects from U889.

[@ixxxxxxx]

​@@grimstitchfactory4683 thats cool as hell man, you know the stuff. i live in st. john's and since childhood i have seen the periscope from u190 mounted atop a naval officer's club downtown, and been on bell island plenty times where uboats sunk iron freighters, in the museum on the island there are awards from fritz rolf ruggeberg, captain of u513 that torpedoed and sank two ships there in 1942. his granddaughter donated them. in the narrows of st. john's harbor there is the remnants of a net meant to keep torpedoes out of the harbor in wartime, pieces have been donated to the Crow's Nest officers club and elsewhere awesome burlap scarecrow masks!

[@grimstitchfactory4683]

@@ixxxxxxx And where's are the stuff taken off the U-boats... plates and cups etc. They have to be still there in someone basement or attic.

[@garycody1929]

The Germans knew it was coming to an end. I think they were pleased to be captured.

[@Mostrichkugel]

That is a type IX Uboat, they were able to cross the Atlantic and operate in American waters.

[@jasondaniel918]

I guess Naxzi U-Boats were a special North Atlantic division of the Kriegsmarine. I also like how the background music is "As the Caissons Go Rolling Along," the U.S. Army song, for U-Boat surrenders.

[@HappyHands.]

i recall reading about some confusion revolving around some ships displaying a black flag during surrender. Apparently a black flag can represent Mourning and was apparently used instead of a white flag in some situations.

[@yannickawan3394]

There may be other reasons for the black flags but I read in two books (one by Buchheim, author of Das Boot, the other by Hirschfeldt (U-boat radio operator on U234 and U 109) that the Allies ordered that a black flag had to be set as part of the surrender procedure for U-boats in the radio message that went out ordering the remaining boats to surrender. This was apparently despised by the crews as a black flag was seen by them as something only pirates would set, and therefore, humiliating. Allied personnel that were not aware of this order would occasionally interpret it as a final provocation by the German crews, however, also connecting the black flags as pirate symbolism. Hirschfeldt went further and described how his captain went so far and requested that the German wartime flag could be honorably lowered from the flagpole before the American flag was set when the U-234 was surrendered at sea to an American destroyer. The Americans agreed to this but then the Germans also used that occasion and quickly ripped off the black flag and threw it overboard which they were not meant to do. Buchheim mentioned that the black flag was seen as odd as white would have been the appropriate color, furthering the idea that the black flags were unusual, suspecting also the pirate ascociation...

[@martinpatrick9915]

I know the title of the song it's from the movie Victory about a soccer game between the Allies and the German soccer team.

[@pierremorin5397]

Dommage que le U-Boot n'a pas été gardé en Nouvelle-Écosse pour le faire visiter aux touristes comme musée de guerre. It is unfortunate that U-Boot was not keep at Shelburne for showing to the tourists as war museum.

[@anthonycaretti5107]

Pierre Morin that was my question. They cleared the U-Boat of personnel then just let it go or sink. Too bad.

[@charlesneely]

Why the hell are they playing a United States Army Band song over a Canadian Warrior film LOL

[@martinpatrick9915]

German u boats surrendered off the coast of Nova Scotia,I wonder if any sailed into the harbor of Halifax.

[@wallyhack5476]

Yes my grandads boat did the u190 he was a pow there

[@freerad101]

A H ow about Heart of Oak for the music, or Life on the Ocean Wave?

[@markdavis2475]

Surface range of almost 14000 miles @ 10kts. U889 never sank any ships.

[@freerad101]

Should read: How about Heart of Oak for the music, or A life on the Ocean Wave?

[@nofrackingzone7479]

Naxzi? Surprised they didn't title it Maxi Uboat

[@peterjohnson617]

it must have been very hard to not shoot them after 6 years of war and so many ships & lives lost

[@charlesneely]

My friend after every war comes advanced technology did you know that? Yes it must have been hard but every nation has signed the Geneva Convention during the rules of War when they surrendered it was surrendered

[@dr.stranamoreburioni6043]

Just because you're a idiot.

[@ionutzcar8158]

they were following orders anyway

[@francisdavis1271]

Wars end. It's a very important thing to remember.

[@TheYeti308]

@@francisdavis1271 Eie . !

[@kevinmatthews7180]

They are playing the song of the US Army. Funny for a Canadian film.

[@hojoinhisarcher]

US marine marching anthem?

[@TheSavvycaptain]

Wrong department, The song is The Caissons go rolling along, which is from the US Army. The song after is not the USMC marching song, it's something played during WW2 (think it might be British).