Type XXI submarines were a class of German diesel–electric Elektroboot (German: "electric boat") submarines designed during the Second World War. One...
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This is a complete list of German Type XXI submarines. Fifteen hundred boats of this design were intended (U-2501 to U-4000), the first five hundred ordered...
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German submarine Wilhelm Bauer (originally designated U-2540) is a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's navy (Kriegsmarine), completed shortly before the...
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be used while submerged. The Type XXI and XXIII U-boats revolutionized post-war submarine design. Nearly a thousand Type XXIII boats were projected towards...
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electric propulsion in submarine construction in the course of the development of the Type XXI and XXIII submarines, the designs of Types XVII, XVIII and XXII...
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Another six Type XVIIB's (U-1411 to U-1416) were cancelled during the war in favour of the Type XXI submarine. All three completed Type XVIIB boats were...
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German submarine U-2513 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, that was operated by the United States Navy for several years after World...
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1975, and still in production. Type XXI submarine, a German technologically advanced submarine produced in 1945. Type 21 Radar, a radar of the Imperial...
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German submarine U-2511 was a Type XXI submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Elektroboot submarine was laid down on 7 July...
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designs, which themselves were derivatives of the German Kriegsmarine Type XXI submarine. The project was undertaken by Lazurit Central Design Bureau of Gorky...
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class) was a submarine class built by Kockums and used by the Swedish Navy. The design was influenced by the German Type XXI submarine class. A total...
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submarine U-2502 was a Type XXI U-boat (one of the "Elektroboote") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, built for service in World War II. The submarine was...
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the war. When some advanced designs, such as the Panther tank and Type XXI submarine, were rushed into production, their performance proved disappointing...
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German submarine U-3506 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The Elektroboote submarine was laid down on 14 July...
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characters in the film Hell and High Water (1954). German Type XXI submarine Ha-201-class submarine Vessel Number 71 JDS Oyashio (SS-511) The 潜高大 read as...
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German submarine U-3008 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that served in the United States Navy for several years after World War II...
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submarine U-2506 was a Type XXI U-boat (one of the "Elektroboote") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, built for service in World War II. The submarine was...
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Elektroboot (category Type XXI submarines)
captured Type XXIs showed they could outrun some ASW ships by going in the direction of heavy seas. (The US Navy's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN-571)...
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German submarine U-2518 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine at the end of World War II, which later served in the French Navy, where...
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German submarine U-3503 was a Type XXI U-boat (one of the "Elektroboote") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, built for service in World War II. She was ordered...
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submarine U-2501 was a Type XXI U-boat (one of the "Elektroboote") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, built for service in World War II. The submarine was...
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A submarine pen (U-Boot-Bunker in German) is a type of submarine base that acts as a bunker to protect submarines from air attack. The term is generally...
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it is submerged. US submarines did not adopt the use of snorkels until after WWII. During World War II, German Type XXI submarines (also known as "Elektroboote")...
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German submarine U-3505 was a Type XXI submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The U-boat was laid down on 9 July 1944 at the Schichau-Werke...
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based on earlier German submarine designs going back to the World War I Type UB III and especially the cancelled Type UG. The type UG was designed through...
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A submarine snorkel is a device which allows a submarine to operate submerged while still taking in air from above the surface. British Royal Navy personnel...
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Frigate (redirect from Large anti-submarine ship)
specialised for anti-submarine warfare. Increasing submarine speeds towards the end of World War II (see German Type XXI submarine) greatly reduced the...
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modernize World War II submarines along the lines of the Type XXI. By 1955 the U.S. Navy was using the term 'attack submarine' to describe the GUPPY conversions...
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30 mm caliber (section Types of ammunition)
Electrically primed autocannon Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Flakpanzer IV Kugelblitz MK 303 Nazi Germany Krieghoff 30×210mm Anti-aircraft autocannon Type XXI submarine...
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Blaison (ex U-123) Bouan (ex U-510) Type XXI submarine (Germany) (1946–1967) Roland Morillot (ex U-2518) Type XXIII submarine (Germany) (1946) U-2326 Saphir...
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