commissioned on 1 January 1941 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Karl-Friedrich Merten as part of 2nd U-boat Flotilla. U-68 conducted ten combat patrols...
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DeSchiMAG AG Weser in Bremen as yard number 997. She was launched on 12 May 1941 and commissioned on 23 August with Kapitänleutnant Adolf Piening in command...
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Bremen, Germany, as yard number 998. She was commissioned on 4 September 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Werner Hartenstein (Knight of the Iron...
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Wesermünde (modern Bremerhaven) as yard number 705, launched on 1 November 1941, and commissioned on 23 March 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant zur...
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October 1940 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen, launched on 5 June 1941, and commissioned on 15 September under the command of Korvettenkapitän Wolf...
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German submarine U-66 (1940) (redirect from Unterseeboot 66 (1941))
Weser yard at Bremen, launched on 10 October and commissioned on 2 January 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Richard Zapp as part of the 2nd U-boat...
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Weser in Bremen as yard number 1000. She was commissioned on 25 September 1941, with Kapitänleutnant Erwin Rostin (Knights Cross) in command. German Type...
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Seeräuber (14 – 17 December 1941) Kemp 1999, pp. 75–6. Gröner 1991, p. 68. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Patrol of U-boat U-131 from 27 Nov 1941 to 17 Dec". U-boat patrols...
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February 1941 and commissioned by Kapitänleutnant Ulrich Heyse on 12 May 1941. The boat was a training vessel in the second flotilla until 30 November 1941 based...
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Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was launched on 26 February 1941 and commissioned on 29 April 1941. She operated during the Battle of the Atlantic during the...
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German submarine U-125 (1940) (redirect from Unterseeboot 125 (1941))
U-boats Black May (1943) Gröner 1991, p. 68. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Patrol of U-boat U-125 from 15 Jul 1941 to 28 Jul 1941". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net...
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German submarine U-110 (1940) (redirect from Unterseeboot 110 (1940))
operated during World War II. She was captured by the Royal Navy on 9 May 1941 and provided a number of secret cipher documents to the British. U-110's...
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German submarine U-355 (redirect from Unterseeboot 355)
Schiffbau-Gesellschaft yard at Flensburg, launched on 5 July 1941, and commissioned on 29 October 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Günter La Baume....
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German submarine U-869 (redirect from Unterseeboot 869)
German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 5 March 2010. Gröner 1991, p. 68. "Final Report on U869 | Shadow Diver | John Chatterton". Retrieved 27 April...
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German submarine U-201 (redirect from Unterseeboot 201)
number 630, launched on 7 December 1940, and commissioned on 25 January 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Adalbert Schnee. Attached to the 1st...
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German submarine U-505 (redirect from Unterseeboot-505)
Werft in Hamburg, Germany, as yard number 295. She was launched on 24 May 1941 and commissioned on 26 August with Kapitänleutnant Axel-Olaf Loewe in command...
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German submarine U-190 (redirect from Unterseeboot 190)
built for service during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 7 October 1941 by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen. She was launched on 8 June 1942 and commissioned...
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German submarine U-530 (redirect from Unterseeboot 530)
War II. She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg on 8 December 1941 as yard number 345, launched on 28 July 1942 and commissioned on 14 October...
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German submarine U-43 (1939) (redirect from Unterseeboot 43 (1939))
June 1941) Kurfürst (16 – 20 June 1941) Grönland (10 – 27 August 1941) Markgraf (27 August – 12 September 1941) Steuben (14 November – 2 December 1941) Wolf...
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German submarine U-193 (redirect from Unterseeboot 193)
service in the Atlantic Ocean. The submarine was laid down on 22 December 1941 at the AG Weser yard in Bremen as yard number 1039. She was launched on 24...
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German submarine U-172 (redirect from Unterseeboot 172)
AG Weser yard in Bremen as yard number 1012. She was launched on 31 July 1941 and commissioned on 5 November under the command of Kapitänleutnant Carl...
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German submarine U-552 (redirect from Unterseeboot 552)
wolf packs. U-552 was involved in two controversial actions: On 31 October 1941, she sank the USS Reuben James, the first US Navy warship to be lost in World...
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German submarine U-2 (1935) (redirect from Unterseeboot 2 (1935))
Wilamowitz-Moellendorf relieved Rosenbaum and Heidtmann and commanded until October 1941 when Karl Kölzer took over. On 16 May 1942, Oblt.z.S. Werner Schwaff relieved...
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German submarine U-852 (redirect from Unterseeboot 852)
U-boat had a total length of 87.58 m (287 ft 4 in), a pressure hull length of 68.50 m (224 ft 9 in), a beam of 7.50 m (24 ft 7 in), a height of 10.20 m (33 ft...
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German submarine U-864 (redirect from Unterseeboot 864)
U-boat had a total length of 87.58 m (287 ft 4 in), a pressure hull length of 68.50 m (224 ft 9 in), a beam of 7.50 m (24 ft 7 in), a height of 10.20 m (33 ft...
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German submarine U-183 (redirect from Unterseeboot 183)
Panther (7 – 11 October 1942) Hartherz (3 – 7 February 1943) Gröner 1991, p. 68. Kearney, Jonathan (23 September 2020). "Fascinating History of How WWII Brought...
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German submarine U-549 (redirect from Unterseeboot 549)
German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 1 March 2010. Gröner 1991, p. 68. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Patrol of U-boat U-549 from 11 Jan 1944 to 26 Mar 1944...
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German submarine U-47 (1938) (redirect from Unterseeboot 47 (1938))
most successful German U-boats of World War II. U-47 disappeared in March 1941, and the 45 crewmembers are presumed to have died. In 2016, one of the faulty...
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German submarine U-534 (redirect from Unterseeboot 534)
Story Liverpool". Mersey Ferries. Retrieved 8 March 2022. Gröner 1991, p. 68. The Story of U-534. Merseytravel. 2009. Discover the Amazing View of Life...
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German submarine U-521 (redirect from Unterseeboot 521)
U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 26 February 2010. Gröner 1991, p. 68. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-521". German U-boats of WWII - uboat...
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