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U-995, a typical VIIC/41 U-boat on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial. U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.The term is an anglicized version of the German word U-Boot ⓘ, a shortening of Unterseeboot (under-sea boat), though the German term refers to any submarine.
The Gruppe Monsun or Monsoon Group was a force of German U-boats that operated in the Pacific and Indian Oceans during World War II.Although similar naming conventions were used for temporary groupings of submarines in the Atlantic, the longer duration of Indian Ocean patrols caused the name to be permanently associated with the relatively small number of U-boats operating out of Penang ...
German submarine U-219 was a Type XB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.The U-boat was laid down on 31 May 1941 at the Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 625, launched on 6 October 1942, and commissioned on 12 December 1942 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Walter Burghagen.
Type VIIC/41 U-boat. List of U-boat types contains lists of the German U-boat types (submarine classes) used in World War I and World War II.. The anglicized word U-boat is usually only used as reference for German submarines in the two World Wars and therefore postwar submarine in the Bundesmarine and later German Navy are not included.
uboat.net webpage about the most successful U-Boats of World War II - This list does not include military vessels and is therefore not identical to list above. uboataces.com webpages about the most successful U-Boats of World War II - This list seems to miss U-123 in top 5 list.
German submarine U-196 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.The submarine was laid down on 10 June 1941 at the AG Weser yard in Bremen, launched on 24 April 1942, and commissioned on 11 September 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat.
Three Type XXI U-boats and one Type VII U-boat moored at Bergen, Norway (May 1945). The Type XXI in the middle is U-2511. U-2511 and U-3008 were the only Type XXIs used for war patrols, and neither sank any ships. The commander of U-2511 claimed the U-boat had a British cruiser in his sights on 4 May when news of the German cease-fire was ...
List of U-boat flotillas contains lists of the German U-boat flotillas in the two World Wars. The bases shown here are the ones at which the flotillas spent most of ...