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"9th May, 1941. The submarine U-110, under noted U-Boat commander Fritz-Julius Lemp, was attacked and forced to surface. A boarding party from the destroyer HMS Bulldog recovered an Enigma machine and the latest codes, which proved immediately useful to cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park.
#NavalHistory"

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  Fritz-Julius Lemp after receiving his Knight’s Cross. Had he survived, he may have stood trial for the sinking of the liner Athenia on 3rd Sept 1939.
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  Sub-Lieutenant David Balme, pictured on HMS Bulldog’s bridge, led the boarding party. He later became a Fleet Air Arm navigator and was Mentioned In Dispatches.
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  "(Submarine, partly awash, seen looking astern from the bridge of a ship)
  
  Viewed from HMS Bulldog, the boarding party on U-110 prepares to secure a tow line.
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