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German submarine U-864. German submarine. U-864. German submarine U-864 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine in World War II. On 9 February 1945, she became the only submarine in history to be sunk by an enemy submarine while both were submerged. U-864 was sunk by the British submarine HMS Venturer, and all 73 men on board died.
German submarine U-166 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.The submarine was laid down on 6 December 1940 at the Seebeckwerft (part of Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Deschimag) at Wesermünde (modern Bremerhaven) as yard number 705, launched on 1 November 1941, and commissioned on 23 March 1942 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Günther ...
German submarine U-977 was a World War II Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine which escaped to Argentina after Germany's surrender. The submarine's voyage to Argentina led to legends, apocryphal stories and conspiracy theories that it and U-530 had transported escaping Nazi leaders (such as Adolf Hitler) and/or Nazi gold to South America, that it had made a secret voyage to ...
German submarine. U-1206. . 4 dead and 46 survivors. Kptlt. Karl-Adolf Schlitt [2] German submarine U-1206 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 12 June 1943 at F. Schichau GmbH in Danzig and went into service on 16 March 1944. The submarine was scuttled on 14 April 1945 after being ...
German submarine U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II. [1] She was laid down on 25 February 1937 at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 582 and went into service on 17 December 1938 under the command of Günther Prien. During U-47 ' s career, she sank a total of 31 enemy vessels ...
Victories: 1 merchant ship sunk (5,353 GRT) 1 warship sunk (430 tons) German submarine U-853 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 21 August 1942 by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen. She was commissioned on 25 June 1943 with Kapitänleutnant Helmut Sommer in command.
Designated NHL. 1989 [ 4 ] U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. It was captured by the United States Navy on 4 June 1944 and survives as a museum ship in Chicago. In her unlucky career, it had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World ...
German submarine U-701 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine that served in the North Atlantic during World War II. It was launched on 16 April 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Horst Degen, with a crew of 43. In three operational patrols U-701 sank five ships, of 25,390 gross register tons (GRT) and damaged ...