which failed to detonate, (although it left a large dent) and the U-boat's 105 mm deck gun crew forgot to remove the tampion in the muzzle before engaging...

Germaniawerft, of Kiel as yard number 601. She was commissioned on 14 September 1940, with Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock in command. Lehmann-Willenbrock...

at DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen as yard number 969, launched on 17 June 1940 and commissioned on 24 September. She was armed with six torpedo tubes and...

Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 20 March 1940 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen, launched on 10 October and commissioned on...

Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X. Kemp, Paul (1997). U-Boats Destroyed – German Submarine Losses in the...

submarine launched in 1918 and surrendered the same year. German submarine U-105 (1940), a Type IXB submarine that served in the Second World War and was sunk...

approximately 1,000 U-boat trainees of the 2nd Submarine Training Division (2. Unterseeboot-Lehrdivision) in the port of Gdynia, which had been occupied by Germany...

Laubie (ex U-766) (Germany) (1945–1959) German Type IX submarine (French: Unterseeboot type IX) Blaison (ex U-123) Bouan (ex U-510) Type XXI submarine (Germany)...

for a total of 2,073 GRT and damaged one other of 8,096 GRT. On 5 February 1940, U-41 was hit by depth charges from the British A class destroyer HMS Antelope...

U-37, (an identical U-boat to U-39) at Lorient in 1940 History Nazi Germany Name U-39 Ordered 29 July 1936 Builder AG Weser, Bremen Yard number 944 Laid...

and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War. Cassell Military Classics. pp. 105, 110, 111. ISBN 0-304-35203-9. Gröner, Eric; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin...

U-boat Flotilla based in Wilhelmshaven. U-43 departed from there on 13 March 1940 and sailed along the coast of Norway, north of Scotland, and into the waters...

Interrogation reports of the Captain Wermuth U-530 crew do not mention the 105 mm deck gun, listing only the 37 mm and two twin 20 mm. Late in WWII these...

German-administered island of Helgoland (sometimes known as Heligoland), on 6 February 1940, U-50 proceeded north of the British Isles. It was here that she sighted...

typical Type IXC boat History Nazi Germany Name U-521 Ordered 14 February 1940 Builder Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Yard number 336 Laid down 3 July 1941 Launched...

built for service during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 1 October 1940 by DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen as yard number 997. She was launched on 12...

History Nazi Germany Name U-388 Ordered 21 November 1940 Builder Howaldtswerke, Kiel Yard number 19 Laid down 12 September 1941 Launched 12 November 1942...

forty-four and sixty. She was ordered on 25 January 1939 and laid down on 11 May 1940 at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack, becoming yard number 9. She was launched...

patrols and sank a total of eight ships for a loss of 30,885 GRT. On 13 March 1940, she struck a mine that was located in field Number 7 off the north coast...

this however, owing to a shortage of available units she sailed on 29 March 1940 against British shipping operating off Norway, close to the limit of her...

(1996). Dönitz and the Wolf Packs - The U-boats at War. Cassell. pp. 103, 105. ISBN 0-304-35203-9. Gröner, Eric; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German...

History Germany Name U-181 Ordered 15 August 1940 Builder DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen Yard number 1021 Laid down 15 March 1941 Launched 30 December 1941...

Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 10 August 1940 by Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 11, launched on 10 April...

Leonhardt 26 Mar: Z34 27 Mar: HM LST-405 1 Apr: Charles S. Haight, Ha-103, Ha-105, Ha-106, Ha-107, Ha-108, Ha-109, Ha-111, Ha-201, Ha-202, Ha-203, Ha-208,...

Werke at Lübeck as yard number 291 on 5 October 1939. Launched on 9 December 1940, she was commissioned on 8 February 1941. U-83 served with 1st U-boat Flotilla...

aircraft works of Focke-Wulf. Early RAF raids on Bremen beginning in May 1940 had sought out these industrial and military targets but the efforts proved...

weeks at sea. On 1 January 1940 U-37 was reassigned to the 2nd U-boat Flotilla based at Wilhelmshaven. On 28 January 1940 the U-boat departed for the...

History Nazi Germany Name U-219 Ordered 6 August 1940 Builder Germaniawerft, Kiel Yard number 625 Laid down 31 May 1941 Launched 6 October 1942 Commissioned...

History Nazi Germany Name U-195 Ordered 4 November 1940 Builder DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen Yard number 1041 Laid down 15 May 1941 Launched 8 April 1942...

log-books to "you must have a damn good crew." By the beginning of April 1940, the Germans had invaded Norway, and Seal was operating off the Norwegian...