6 July 1942 - World War II - Battle of the St. Lawrence - German submarine U-132 (shown) sinks three ships from convoy QS-15. Rimouski, Quebec.

The boat's most successful patrol began when she left La Pallice on 10 June 1942. Having crossed the Atlantic Ocean, she was attacked by the Canadian minesweeper HMCS Drummondville shortly after torpedoing Dinaric (see below), in the St. Lawrence Seaway.

The warship's depth charges damaged the U-boat's ballast pumps and resulted in the loss of 879 gallons of fuel. She sank three ships in short order, Anastasios Pateras, Hainaut and Dinaric, all southeast of Cap Chat, Quebec on 6 July 1942.

Fourteen days later, the submarine attacked Frederika Lensen near Anticosti Island. The ship was towed to Grand Valée Bay and beached, but with her back broken, she was declared a total loss.

U-132 was sunk on 4 November 1942 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland when the British ammunition ship Hatimura blew up in a huge explosion.

U-132 had torpedoed this ship earlier and was probably waiting nearby for her to sink when caught in the lethal radius of the explosion. 47 dead (all hands

lost).

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