Seizing the Enigma (30 page)

The ice-encrusted gun and the crew of the ill-fated U-110.

Sub-Lieutenant David Balme of the
Bulldog
, who boarded the U-110.

Radioman and Enigma machine operator Heinz Wilde of the U-110.

Four key members of the British codebreaking agency: Edward Travis, its head from 1942 on.

Harry Hinsley, who evaluated solved German intercepts.

Hugh Alexander, head of the cryptanalysts of German navy messages.

Gordon Welchman, whose device accelerated cryptanalysis.

Codebreakers play rounders on the lawn of Bletchley Park. In the background is the main house.

Codebreakers watch a rounders match at Bletchley Park. Fifth from left, standing, is George McVittie, head of meteorological cryptanalysis. Standing at right is A. G. Denniston, then head of B.P.

The boarding party of the
Tartar
musters on her forecastle as the British destroyer approaches the German weather ship
Lauenberg.

The boarding party seizes all the papers it can find, including cryptographic keys, from the
Lauenburg.

The crew of the weather ship, blindfolded, is taken aboard the
Tartar.

The
Tartar
sinks the
Lauenburg
with gunfire.