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Cleopatra was a "cylinder ship" built to take Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria to London in 1877. The obelisk weighed more than 200 tons. It was encased in a cylindrical iron pontoon which was then rolled by means of levers and chains down a track into the sea.
The Type IX U-boat was designed by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in 1935 and 1936 as a large ocean-going submarine for sustained operations far from the home support facilities. Type IX boats were briefly used for patrols off the eastern United States in an attempt to disrupt the stream of troops and supplies bound for Europe.
The U-boat's service began in training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla. She lost seven men and one was injured in a fire on 14 December 1941 at Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). [1] She then moved to the 10th flotilla on 1 March 1942 for operations. She sank 26 ships, totalling 156,082 gross register tons (GRT) and damaged five more, for 34,419 GRT ...
German submarine U-159 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II.The keel for this boat was laid down on 11 November 1940 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen, Germany as yard number 1009.
German submarine U-513 was a type IXC U-boat built for service in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.. She was laid down on 26 April 1941 by the naval construction firm Deutsche Werft AG in Hamburg as yard number 309, and commissioned on 10 January 1942.
German submarine U-506 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.The submarine was laid down on 11 July 1940 at the Deutsche Werft yard in Hamburg as yard number 296, launched on 20 June 1941 and commissioned on 15 September 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Erich Würdemann.
German submarine U-514 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.She was laid down by Hamburg Werft as yard number 310 on 29 April 1941, launched on 18 November and commissioned on 24 January 1942 under Kapitänleutnant Hans-Jürgen Auffermann.
German submarine U-43 was a Type IXA [3] U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.The keel for U-43 was laid down in August 1938 at Bremen; she was launched in May 1939 and commissioned in August.