U-boat - Wikipedia
WEBU-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. Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines were also known as U-boats.
Type VII submarine - Wikipedia
WEBType VII U-boats were the most common type of German World War II U-boat. 703 boats were built by the end of the war. The lone surviving example, U-995, is on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial located in Laboe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
U-boat | German Submarine Warfare in WWI & WWII | Britannica
WEBSep 5, 2024 · In World War II Germany built 1,162 U-boats, of which 785 were destroyed and the remainder surrendered (or were scuttled to avoid surrender) at the capitulation. Of the 632 U-boats sunk at sea, Allied surface ships and shore-based aircraft accounted for the great majority (246 and 245 respectively).
U-boat Types - German U-boats of WWII - Kriegsmarine - uboat…
WEBGerman Midget Submarines. U-boat projects and proposals. 16 U-boat types never built. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat.
Decisive Battles of Hitler's War: The U-Boat War (WWII ... - YouTube
WEBThe U-Boat. Recorded By World at War. Twenty years after Kaiser Wilhem's exile in 1919, the German navy, Kriegsmarine, had once again grown into a powerful weapon, nurtured this time by...
All U-boats of World War Two - German U-boats of the …
WEBAll U-boats of World War Two. Here we've created a compilation of all the 1154* U-boats that were commissioned into the Kriegsmarine before and during World War Two. Each boat has a complete history file, including construction facts, commanders, flotillas, successes and final fates.
The German U-Boat. The Deadliest Hunter Of The Sea -The …
WEBFeb 12, 2019 · In 1939, when the Second World War broke out, Germany had only managed to construct 57 U-boats, but these new U-boats were far sturdier and more technologically advanced than their WWI predecessors, featuring heat-seeking torpedoes, large gun decks, and spiderweb mines.
The Rise and Fall of the German U-Boat - Warfare History Network
WEBGerman U-boats threatened the Allies in World War II, but tactical changes and sheer numbers eventually negated the undersea peril.
The German U-boats of WWII (Kriegsmarine) and WWI …
WEBU-boat Index. All 1153 U-boat profiles! Also includes 14 foreign submarines and all the U-boats laid down but not commissioned. U-boats Today. Are any U-boats left today and where are they? You can find them in museums in Germany, USA, Britain and Finland.
U-boat summary | Britannica
WEBThe first German submarine, the U-1, was built in 1905. During World War I Germany became the first country to employ submarines in war, and during World War II its U-boats dominated the Battle of the Atlantic until the Allies developed new antisubmarine tactics.
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