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Bismarck
A Minute by Minute Account of the Final Hours of Germany's Greatest Battleship
Zetterling, Niklas
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WWI U-boats
U 161
Type | Mittel U | ||||
| Shipyard | Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack | ||||
| Ordered | 9 Feb 1917 | Laid down | |||
| Launched | 23 Mar 1918 | Commissioned | 29 Jun 1918 | ||
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| Career | 1 patrols | ||||
| start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla |
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| Successes | No successes. | ||||
| Fate | 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Ran aground on the English East coast on the way to be broken up in 1921.. | ||||
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There was another U 161 in World War Two That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Mar 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 8 Jul 1941. Take a look at the U 161 from WWII. |