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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.
Submarine C-3 with rescue submarine ship Kanguro. Isaac Peral (C-1) 1928 – 1950. C-2 1928 – 1951. C-3 1928 – 1936, sunk by German submarine U-34. C-4 1928 – 1946, accidentally rammed by Spanish destroyer Lepanto. C-5 1928 – 1937, missing. C-6 1928 – 1937, scuttled.
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.
It is estimated that German submarines caused losses of between 139,000 and 250,000 tons in the Spanish merchant fleet. [11] Four German submarines were interned in Spain (the SM UB-23 in La Coruña, the SM U-39 in Cartagena, the SM UC-56 in Santander and SM UB-49 in Cádiz) [12] and two others, visited Spanish ports, one of them, the ...
German submarine U-573 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Her keel was laid down 8 June 1940 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg as yard number 549.
Operation Ursula 1936–1939 - German submarine operation in support of Francisco Franco's naval forces during the Spanish Civil War; Operation Bodden 1937–1943 - German Abwehr intelligence gathering system in Spain and Morocco; Fall Richard 1937 - German contingency planning for Soviet takeover of Spain; Fall Rot 1937 - German planned ...
The Kriegsmarine had acquired some knowledge of the area. Dönitz was an officer aboard UB-68 which had been sunk in the region in World War I. [4] U-boats had also served in the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans, with twelve submarines, opposed the Nationalists, who had none; the presence
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.