• German submarine U-559 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Laid down on 1 February 1940 at the...
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  • and code documents from U-110, U-559 and the U.S. Navy's capture of U-505. In 2006, screenwriter David Ayer admitted that U-571 had distorted history...
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    advantage was lost until the new code was broken in October 1942, when U-559 was boarded as she was sinking, and crucial code books were salvaged. From...
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    A U-Boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505.[citation needed] German submarine U-110 (1940) German submarine U-570, later HMS Graph German submarine U-559 German...
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    was powered by two AEG GU 460/8-276 (except in U-45, U-46, U-49, U-51, U-52, U-54, U-73 to U-76, U-99 and U-100, which retained the BBC motor of the VIIA)...
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    three Axis navies: the German U-559, the Italian Uarsciek and the Japanese I-27. Members of the ship's crew recovered from U-559 a new, four-wheel Enigma cypher...
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  • Grazier did drown while attempting to retrieve electrical equipment from a U-boat U-559 (which Cave describes as its four-rotor enigma) on 30 October 1942, while...
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    Mediterranean during World War II. The sloop was torpedoed by the German submarine U-559 on 27 November 1941, and sank with 138 of the 162 aboard. Parramatta was...
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    submarine (which was German U-boat U-559). HMS Petard, assisted by Wellesley aircraft of No. 47 Squadron, located the U-boat and attacked with depth...
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    German submarine U-995 is a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 25 November 1942 by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany...
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    through the Second Happy Time. U-371 passed Gibraltar on 21 September 1941. U-559 passed Gibraltar on 26 September 1941, and sank HMAS Parramatta on 27 November...
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    German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. It was made famous after the war in Lothar-Günther...
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  • October 1942 in boarding, with Able Seaman Colin Grazier, the sinking U-boat U-559 and recovering 'short signal' codebooks which provided a breakthrough...
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  • the German naval "Shark" Enigma cipher from the sinking German submarine U-559. Fasson was born in the village of Lanton, Roxburghshire, the son of Francis...
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  • German submarine U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 25 February 1937 at Friedrich Krupp...
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  • HMAS Parramatta (U44), a Grimsby-class sloop commissioned in 1939, and sunk by U-559 off Tobruk on 27 November 1941 HMAS Parramatta (DE 46), a River-class destroyer...
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    München and Lauenburg and the submarines U-110 and U-559. Despite the introduction of the 4-rotor Enigma for Atlantic U-boats, the analysis of traffic enciphered...
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    made it virtually impossible for U-boats to catch them, although one attempted to attack the ship. On 25 May 1944, U-853 spotted Queen Mary and submerged...
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    USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in...
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    German submarine U-48 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, and the most successful that was commissioned. During...
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  • German submarine U-691 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her construction by Howaldtswerke of Hamburg was ordered...
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  • German submarine U-571 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany for service during World War II. U-571 conducted eleven war patrols...
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  • German submarine U-1206 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 12 June 1943 at F. Schichau GmbH...
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    British destroyer Petard took down the German U-boat U-559 in the Mediterranean Sea on October 30, 1942. U-559 was boarded and important secret key documents...
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    final design of mount used on U-boats and is only known to be installed on (U-249, U-826, U-1023, U-1171, U-1305 and U-1306).[citation needed] The 3.7 cm...
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    until Norway, for escort and scouting in the Denmark Strait the U-boats U-79 and U-559 were detached from their Atlantic operations. A single British Bristol...
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  • NAAFI canteen assistant, he was involved in the action between Petard and U-559, being one of three men to board the sinking submarine in an effort to retrieve...
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    few later sinkings. List of maritime disasters Tarrant, V.E. (1989). The U-Boat Offensive 1914–1945. Arms and Armour. pp. 7–14. ISBN 1-85409-520-X. "A...
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    German submarine U-455 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 3 September...
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    German submarine U-552 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 December 1939...
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