1939 by Deutsche Werke in Kiel. She was launched on 18 May 1940 and commissioned on 15 June 1940 with Oberleutnant zur See Herbert Wohlfarth in command....
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Germaniawerft, of Kiel as yard number 601. She was commissioned on 14 September 1940, with Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock in command. Lehmann-Willenbrock...
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Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 593. She was launched on 12 March 1940 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer and was assigned to...
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laid down on 28 March 1940, by Bremer Vulkan of Bremen-Vegesack, Germany as yard number 5. She was launched on 23 November 1940 and commissioned on 18...
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the Flender Werke, Lübeck as yard number 268. She was launched on 16 March 1940 and commissioned on 20 April under Oberleutnant zur See (Oblt.z.S.) Ernst...
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Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 599, launched on 12 June 1940 and commissioned on 10 August 1940 under Kapitänleutnant Herbert Kuppisch. She sank 26 ships...
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forty-four and sixty sailors. She was built at the Germaniawerft in Kiel during 1940, and was ready for service in November. After her warm up in the Baltic Sea...
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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...
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1941 until she was sunk in November 1942. She was launched on 31 August 1940 and commissioned on 12 October, with a crew of 46 under the command of Kapitänleutnant...
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Bremen-Vegesack, Germany as yard number 2. She was launched on 31 August 1940 and commissioned on 31 October, with Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Eitel-Friedrich...
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28 March 1940, in the shipyard of Bremer Vulkan in the port city of Bremen-Vegesack as yard number 6. U-78 was launched on 7 December 1940 and formally...
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on 12 October 1940. She came into contact with two Allied convoys, HX 79 and SC 7. U-100 departed on her fourth patrol on 7 November 1940. On 22 November...
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Werft, Germany as yard number 1 on 5 November 1939, launched on 27 July 1940 and commissioned on 30 September of the same year under Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt...
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by Germaniawerft at Kiel as yard number 600 and commissioned on 31 August 1940. In seven patrols, she sank eight ships for a total of 28,415 gross register...
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carried out three combat patrol. Built at the Kiel shipyards during 1939 and 1940, as a Type IID U-boat, she was too small for major operational work in the...
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Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft (yard), in Bremen as yard number 3, launched on 18 October 1940 and commissioned on 19 December under the command of Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt...
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1940, and commissioned on 23 November under the command of Kapitänleutnant Joachim Matz to serve with the 7th U-boat Flotilla from 23 November 1940 until...
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Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. U-72 was launched on 22 November 1940 and commissioned on 4 January 1941. U-72 served with 24th U-boat Flotilla...
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Germaniawerft, Kiel, as yard number 595. She was launched on 13 January 1940 and commissioned under her first commander Kapitänleutnant Fritz Frauenheim...
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Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel as yard number 596, launched on 21 March 1940 and commissioned on 27 April under the command of Kapitänleutnant Harro von...
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German submarine U-30 (1936) (redirect from Unterseeboot 30 (1936))
Fritz-Julius Lemp. She was retired from front-line service in September 1940 after undertaking eight war patrols, having sunk 17 vessels and damaging...
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German submarine U-201 (redirect from Unterseeboot 201)
was laid down on 20 January 1940 by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 630, launched on 7 December 1940, and commissioned on 25 January...
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German submarine U-31 (1936) (redirect from Unterseeboot 31 (1936))
and returned to service on 30 July 1940 with Kptlt. Prellberg in command. U-31 was sunk again on 2 November 1940, north-west of Ireland, by depth charges...
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German submarine UA (1939) (redirect from Unterseeboot A)
Fate 16 June 1940 HMS Andania Royal Navy 13,950 Sunk 26 June 1940 Crux Norway 3,828 Sunk 14 July 1940 Sarita Norway 5,824 Sunk 3 August 1940 Rad Kingdom...
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German submarine U-35 (1936) (redirect from Unterseeboot 35 (1936))
U-76 U-83 U-84 U-85 U-86 U-87 U-99 U-100 U-101 U-102 Type VIIC U-69 U-70 U-71 U-72 U-77 U-78 U-79 U-80 U-81 U-82 U-88 U-89 U-90 U-91 U-92 U-93 U-94 U-95...
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German submarine U-23 (1936) (redirect from Unterseeboot 23 (1936))
U-23 served as a training boat with the 21st U-boat Flotilla from July 1940 until September 1942. U-23 was then transported in sections along the Danube...
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German submarine U-355 (redirect from Unterseeboot 355)
Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 4 May 1940 at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft yard at Flensburg, launched on...
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German submarine U-43 (1939) (redirect from Unterseeboot 43 (1939))
arrived back at Wilhelmshaven on 22 July after 71 days at sea. U-43 sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 9 September 1940, stopping at Bergen, Norway for three days...
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German submarine U-91 (1941) (redirect from Unterseeboot 91 (1941))
1939 Builder Flender Werke, Lübeck Yard number 295 Laid down 12 November 1940 Launched 30 November 1941 Commissioned 28 January 1942 Fate Sunk 26 February...
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German submarine U-703 (redirect from Unterseeboot 703)
1939 Builder HC Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg Yard number 762 Laid down 9 August 1940 Launched 18 July 1941 Commissioned 16 October 1941 Fate Missing since 16...
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