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Members of the forum may be interested in a press article I saw in the Wolverhampton Express and Star last night.

A private collector (unamed) has acquired the frame of S130, which was involved in the action in 1944 where US landing craft engaged in D Day landing preparations were ambushed off Slapton Sands and some 700 US soldiers were killed, with a view to reconstruction and eventual use as an educational tool.

I would love to hear more about this, if you still have info. I realize that this is 2 years late...I did a bit of research on schnellboots, and still have interest for them!

Here is the restoration website:

http://www.rovcom.co.uk/s130_restoration_gallery.htm

My grandfather served on various E-boats during the joint operations of 5th & 9th Schnellbootflotilla in the channel 1943-44, including the attack on Lyme Bay serving in S-138 with five other boats of the 5th and three of the 9th to participate, one of which S-130 was.