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U-96, one of submarines resupplied in Spain. Between 1940 and 1944 there were some 25 cases of German submarines secretly resupplied in Spanish ports. The practice was pre-agreed between both governments in 1939, but faced with British protests related to breach of neutrality commitments, Spain started to withdraw from the scheme since late 1942.
The list of submarines in the Spanish Navy, ... German Type VIIC built in Spain under license; cancelled, only one keel laid. G-7; renamed S-01 ex-U-573 1942 – 1970.
Sources differ and list 25–26 cases of German submarines serviced in Spanish ports documented, [24] taking place between January 1940 and February 1944: 5 in 1940, 16 in 1941, 3 (2) in 1942, none in 1943 and 1 (0) in 1944. [25] Most were scheduled operations and 3 were emergency cases.
In April 2006, the German Navy's U-32 sailed from the Baltic Sea to Naval Station Rota in Spain in two weeks, going 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) without surfacing or snorkelling. [ 22 ] The Italian Navy 's S 526 Todaro was deployed, for over six months in 2008, to the United States for CONUS 2008 exercise with the United States Navy .
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German submarine U-62; German submarine U-63; German submarine U-64; German submarine U-65; German submarine U-66; German submarine U-67; German submarine U-68; German submarine U-69; German submarine U-70; German submarine U-71; German submarine U-72; German submarine U-73; German submarine U-74; German submarine U-75; German submarine U-76 ...
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.
Four U-boats were sunk by Allied submarines in the Mediterranean: German submarine U-95 was sunk on 28 November 1941 in the western Mediterranean, south-west of Almería, in position by torpedoes from the Dutch submarine HrMs O 21. 35 crewmembers died and 12