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  2. SM UC-97 - Wikipedia

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    The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 17 March 1918. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 3 September 1918 as SM UC-97. [Note 1] As with the rest of the completed UC III boats, UC-97 conducted no war patrols and sank no ships.

  3. SM UB-38 - Wikipedia

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    The U-boat was ordered on 22 July 1915 and launched on 1 April 1916. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19 July 1916 as SM UB-38. The submarine sank 47 ships in 21 patrols. UB-38 struck a mine and sank in the English Channel on 8 February 1918. [2]

  4. Type U 139 submarine - Wikipedia

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    Three submarines of this type, U-139, U-140, and U-141, were ordered. [2] The later "Project 46(a)" specified even more powerful U-cruisers, of a similar displacement to the Type 139 boats, but with an increased surface speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph), and with two 88 mm deck guns in addition to the two 150 mm guns. [1]

  5. U-boat - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. List of U-boat flotillas - Wikipedia

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    U-boat flotillas of World War II Name Type Base 1st U-boat Flotilla: Combat Brest: 2nd U-boat Flotilla: Combat Lorient: 3rd U-boat Flotilla: Combat La Rochelle: 4th U-boat Flotilla: Training Stettin: 5th U-boat Flotilla: Training Kiel: 6th U-boat Flotilla: Combat St. Nazaire: 7th U-boat Flotilla: Combat St. Nazaire: 8th U-boat Flotilla ...

  7. German submarine U-571 - Wikipedia

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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, sinking five ships totalling 33,511 gross register tons (GRT), and damaging one other for 11,394 GRT.

  8. Type UC II submarine - Wikipedia

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    Type UC II minelaying submarines were used by the Imperial German Navy during World War I.They displaced 417 tons, carried guns, 7 torpedoes and up to 18 mines.The ships were double-hulled with improved range and seakeeping compared to the UC I type.

  9. List of most successful German U-boats - Wikipedia

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    10 Top-scoring U-boats of World War II Boat Type Commissioned Total tonnage Ships sunk Patrols Fate Captains U-48: VIIB: 22 April 1939 300,537 51 12 Scuttled, 3 May 1945 Herbert Schultze Hans-Rudolf Rösing Heinrich Bleichrodt: U-99: VIIB: 18 April 1940 244,658 38 8 Scuttled, 17 March 1941 after depth charging by HMS Walker. Otto Kretschmer: U ...