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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.
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]
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.
German submarine U-138 was a Type IID U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in World War II. Her keel was laid down on 16 November 1939 by Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 267. She was launched on 18 May 1940 and commissioned on 27 June 1940 with Oberleutnant zur See Wolfgang Lüth in command.
German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II.It was made famous after the war in Lothar-Günther Buchheim's 1973 bestselling novel Das Boot and the 1981 Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the same name, both based on his experience on the submarine as a war correspondent in 1941.
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
German submarine U-124 (nickname "Edelweissboot" [1]) was a Type IXB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She operated in the Atlantic as part of the 2nd U-boat flotilla , both west of Scotland and east of the eastern US coast .
German submarine U-95 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 16 September 1939 by Germaniawerft at Kiel as yard number 600 and commissioned on 31 August 1940.