The U-boat Sunk by a Toilet Flush (Strange Stories of WWII)

⚓Join us in World of Warships🌊 now for free here: https://wo.ws/2YyrxNJ and use the code ‘BOOM’ to get 2 ships: the St. Louis and the Premium ship Emden On the morning of the 14th of April 1945, U-1206, one of the last German U-boats to be commissioned, was cruising at a depth of 200 feet, just off the coast of Scotland, about eight to ten miles from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. They had been experiencing a few difficulties, such as the U-boats diesel engines not operating correctly, forcing it to run on battery power, so the crew were busy making repairs. What happened next can arguably be considered one of the strangest demises for a vessel in naval history. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Narrator: Chris Kane https://vocalforge.com/ Music Credit: Malicious Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/