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Allied Warships
Check out our new extensive section on all the Allied Warships during WWII in all theatres of the war.Over 11.300 ships
uboat.net is an apolitical site - our focus was primarily the U-boat War 1939-1945 - but has since expanded to WWI and allied naval vessels of WWII.
5 Jun
U-boat commander photos added (WWI)
Added photos of 12 U-boat commanders of World War One;
Werner Fürbringer,
Ernst Hashagen,
Hans Howaldt,
Paul Hundius,
Johannes Lohs,
Karl Neumann,
Max Viebeg,
Willy Petz,
Reinhold Saltzwedel,
Erwin Wassner,
Raimund Weisbach,
and Ralph Wenninger.
17 May
U-boat commander photos added
Added photos of 3 U-boat commanders;
Hans-Heinrich Giessler,
Heinrich Niemeyer
and the WWI U-boat commander Georg Ritter von Trapp (of Sound of Music fame).
14 May
U-boat commander photos added
Added photos of 7 U-boat commanders; Karl Boddenberg,
Claus-Peter Carlsen,
Fritz Hein,
Hans-Joachim Horrer,
Ernst-Bernward Lohse
Rolf Rüggeberg
and Hans Stock.
4 May
WWI sections opened from Conning Tower
I've opened the remaining World War One major sections from the Conning Tower to the main site. These are The Commanders (470 officers) and Allied ships hit by U-boats (over 6600 ships). At the same time I created a new page called Most successful U-boat Commanders of WWI. As usual during this work I improved the newly opened pages in several places. WWI U-boat pages now link to U-boat officers for example. This almost completed our work of fully opening the Conning Tower (more information).
3 May
Two new interactive maps added
I've ported the last two Conning Tower maps over to the main site. They can be found on the main maps section. The maps in question are Ships attacked by U-boats (3184 positions and Ships attacked by U-boats during WWI (2372 positions).
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