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Non-Commissioned U-boats

U-791

This boat was not commissioned into the Kriegsmarine

However she had been ordered and was, at least at one time, planned for commission.

U-boat

U-791

TypeV 300
Cancelled7 Aug 1942
Suspended
Launched
Laid down
Ordered18 Feb 1942
ShipyardGermaniawerft, Kiel
Werk698
 This research boat was designed as a larger V 80 but with a conning tower. She, the only one of this type, was cancelled in favor of other more promising Walter designs.

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