Second World War
Battle of the Atlantic  - The U-Boats Surrender

With Germany's defeat in May 1945, its U-Boats (submarines) were required to surrender to Allied forces. The Royal Canadian Navy was involved in the surrender of U-Boats in European waters, while U-190 and U-889, surrendering to Canadian forces in the Western Atlantic, were brought to ports in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.

U-190's Starglobe

Taken from U-190 after its surrender, this starglobe was part of the submarine's navigational equipment.

While the Second World War saw the introduction of a number of modern radio navigation aids, more traditional methods for determining a vessel's location were still widely used. This starglobe, used in conjunction with a sextant and a nautical almanac, allowed a navigator to plot the submarine's position using the main constellations in the night sky.

Starglobe
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