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German submarine U-38 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. [1] Her keel was laid down on 15 April 1937, by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen as yard number 943. She was launched on 9 August 1938 and commissioned on 24 October with Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Liebe in command. [1]
U-38 may refer to one of the following German submarines: SM U-38 , was a Type U 31 submarine launched in 1914 and that served in the First World War until surrendered on 23 February 1919 During the First World War, Germany also had these submarines with similar names:
The Italian Liner SS Ancona which was sunk by the German submarines, sailing from New York for Italy Postcard of SS Persia at Aden, c.1900 Max Valentiner Canaris, while a Korvettenkapitän SM U-38 was a German Type U 31 U-boat which operated in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I .
The inspiration for the Type IXA submarine came from the German Type IA submarine, which had a similar diving depth and identical submerged horsepower. Two of the eight Type IXA submarines ( U-37 and U-38 ) would become the 6th and 10th most successful U-boats that saw service in World War II, sinking 53 and 35 ships respectively.
The Battle of Funchal on 3 and 16 December 1916 was a series of two attacks by the Imperial German Navy submarine U-38 on the port of Funchal, capital of Madeira during World War I. German sailors succeeded to sink three Allied and one Portuguese ships and also bombarded the city causing several casualties and serious material damage before the ...
U38 or U-38 may refer to: German submarine U-38, various vessels; HMS Cygnet (U38), a sloop of the Royal Navy; Rhombidodecadodecahedron; Schweizer RU-38 Twin Condor, ...
The ST Leukos was an Irish commercial trawler that was sunk off the north coast of Ireland by a German U-boat on 9 March 1940. The vessel, which had been fishing in the company of British trawlers, was attacked by the German submarine U-38 off Tory Island.
In November 1915 the German submarine SM U-38, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Max Valentiner, was raiding Allied shipping under the Austro-Hungarian flag as the German Empire was not then at war with Italy. Ancona had sailed from Naples for New York at 11.45 p.m. on Saturday, 6 November 1915, under command of Capt. Massardo.