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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 165
Type | Mittel U | ||
| Shipyard | Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack (Werk 652) | ||
| Ordered | 27 Jun 1917 | Laid down | |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1918 | Commissioned | 6 Nov 1918 |
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| Career | |||
| start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla |
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| Successes | No successes. | ||
| Fate | 18 Nov 1918 - Sank before surrendering in an accident on the Weser river in position 53.10N, 08.53E. Raised and stricken on 21 Feb, 1919. Broken up.. | ||
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There was another U 165 in World War Two That boat was launched from its shipyard on 15 Aug 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 3 Feb 1942. Take a look at the U 165 from WWII. |