number 945. She was launched in November 1938 and commissioned in February 1939. U-40 conducted two war patrols during her career. Both of which were part of...
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surrender German submarine U-40 (1938), a Type IX submarine that served in the Second World War until sunk on 13 October 1939 This article includes a list...
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as yard number 583 during 1938 and 1939, being completed a few months before the outbreak of war in September 1939 and given to Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt...
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August 1938 at Bremen; she was launched in May 1939 and commissioned in August. Between November 1939 and July 1943, the U-boat conducted 14 combat patrols...
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(1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol...
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21 July 1937, she was laid down on 2 January 1939 as yard number 262. She was launched on 6 December 1939 and commissioned on 18 January 1940 under the...
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1936 and laid down in September 1938 in Bremen. She was launched in August 1939 and commissioned in November. During her service in the Kriegsmarine, U-44...
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War II built by Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel and commissioned on 21 December 1939. U-62 was initially assigned to the 5th U-boat Flotilla during her training...
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laid down in December 1937; she was launched in February 1939 and commissioned in July 1939. U-42 had a very short career, being sunk while still on her...
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Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG in Kiel as yard number 584. Launched on 24 June 1939, she was commissioned on 12 August and assigned to the 7th U-Boat Flotilla...
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1937 by AG Weser, Bremen as yard number 946. She was launched on 28 January 1939 and commissioned on 22 April of that same year under the command of Oberleutnant...
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Kiel on 3 November 1938. She was launched on 1 November 1939 and commissioned on 12 December 1939 by Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Max-Hermann Bauer, who was...
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was laid down on 5 March 1939 at DeSchiMAG AG Weser, Bremen, becoming yard number 954. She was launched on 20 December 1939 and commissioned under her...
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U-boat (redirect from Unterseeboot)
anglicized version of the German word U-Boot [ˈuːboːt] , a shortening of Unterseeboot (under-sea boat), though the German term refers to any submarine. Austro-Hungarian...
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German submarine U-100 (1940) (redirect from Unterseeboot 100 (1939))
(1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol...
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German submarine U-530 (redirect from Unterseeboot 530)
German submarine U-530 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg...
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commissioned into the Kriegsmarine in 1939. Two sister ships, Saldiray and Atılay, had been delivered in June 1939. One boat, Yıldıray, was built slowly...
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SM U-53 (redirect from Unterseeboot 53 (1916))
Donaldson liner Athenia off Inishtrahull. Coincidentally, two decades later, in 1939, a new Athenia was sunk by the U-boat U-30 in the same area. On December...
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List of U-boats of Germany (section Type IXC/40)
Germany has commissioned over 1,500 U-boats (German: Unterseeboot) into its various navies from 1906 to the present day. The submarines have usually been...
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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...
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List of U-boats never deployed (redirect from Unterseeboot 3529)
AG Weser, Bremen Commander Fate: Construction suspended on September 15, 1939 and cancelled in May 1940. Some sources claim that U-112 was completed and...
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German submarine U-505 (redirect from Unterseeboot-505)
Commanders Winn and Knowles: Winning the U-boat War with Intelligence, 1939–1943 (Enigma Press, 1999). Kohnen, David. "F-21 and F-211: A Fresh Look into...
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German submarine U-464 (redirect from Unterseeboot 464)
(1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol...
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German submarine U-853 (redirect from Unterseeboot 853)
German submarine U-853 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 21 August 1942 by DeSchiMAG...
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German submarine U-534 (redirect from Unterseeboot 534)
German submarine U-534 is a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. She was built in 1942 in Hamburg-Finkenwerder...
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German submarine U-995 (redirect from Unterseeboot 995)
(1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol...
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German submarine U-778 (redirect from Unterseeboot 778)
Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German)...
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German submarine U-12 (1935) (redirect from Unterseeboot 12 (1935))
(1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945]. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German). Vol...
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German submarine U-234 (redirect from Unterseeboot 234)
Mark (1989). German National Socialism and the quest for nuclear power, 1939-1949. Cambridge University Press. pp. 84–85. "U-234 under Johann-Heinrich...
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German submarine U-66 (1940) (redirect from Unterseeboot 66 (1941))
Der U-Boot-Krieg, 1939-1945: Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945 [German U-boat losses from September 1939 to May 1945] (in German)...
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