"Destroyer Sinks U-boat Off North African Coast. 24 February 1943, Algiers, the British Destroyer Bicester Attacked a U-boat Lying in Wait For Our Shipping Off the North African Coast, the Depth Charges Threw Up Considerable Wreckage From the U-boat." Leading Seaman S D Kirby from Lewisham one of the destroyer's crew, making a model ship with a piece of wood from the wreckage thrown up by the depth charge attack.