German Submarine U260 Collection

Administrative / Biographical history:

This collection consists of material found after the German U-boat U260 sank off the Irish coast near Cork in 1945. All files and volumes are marked "Geheime Kommandosache" - "Secret Command"

Scope and Content:

Tis collection includes orders, reports and messages for U260, technical material relating to U-boats, signals, ciphers and encoding. There are also some maps and charts for the Baltic Sea, North Sea, and North and South Atlantic Ocean.