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The U-boat campaign from 1914 to 1918 was the World War I naval campaign fought by German U-boats against the trade routes of the Allies. It took place largely in the seas around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean. The German Empire relied on imports for food and domestic food production (especially fertilizer) and the United Kingdom ...
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 Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atlantic waters—the seas around the British Isles, the North Sea and the coast of France.
As a respose for the continuig British naval blocade of Germany, on 4 February 1915 German government declared the waters around the British Isles a war zone. [1] In a short time Germat U-boat type submarines started to penetrate closer to the enemy coast attacking mainly cargo ships and sinking them without any warning.
Bulgaria. The Mediterranean U-boat Campaign in the Mediterranean Sea was fought by Austria-Hungary and German Empire (with some support by the Ottoman Empire) against the Allies during World War I. It was characterised by the ability of the Central Powers to raid with near impunity during the first years of the war, causing substantial shipping ...
Three ships— Justicia, Celtic, and Southland —appear on the list twice. Justicia was damaged by UB-64 on 19 July 1918 and sunk while under tow the following day by UB-124. [2] Celtic was damaged by U-80 and UB-77 in separate incidents in February 1917 and March 1918, respectively. [3] Southland was seriously damaged by UB-14 in September ...
10 Top-scoring U-boats of World War II. Scuttled, 17 March 1941 after depth charging by HMS Walker. Decommissioned March 1944. Sunk by bombs in Kiel, 15 April 1945. Lost with all hands, 2 April 1943 after depth charging by HMS Stonecrop and HMS Black Swan. Decommissioned 17 June 1944. Scuttled in port, 19 August 1944.
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.