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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 39
Type | U 31 | ||||||||
| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 199) | ||||||||
| Ordered | 12 Jun 1912 | Laid down | 27 Mar 1913 | ||||||
| Launched | 26 Sep 1914 | Commissioned | 13 Jan 1915 | ||||||
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| Career | 19 patrols | ||||||||
| start date unknown - 15 Sep 1915 II Flotilla 15 Sep 1915 - 18 May 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer I Flotilla |
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| Successes | 153 ships sunk for a total of 405,030 tons. 7 ships damaged for a total of 30,552 tons. 1 ship taken as prize for a total of 798 tons. 1 warship sunk for a total of 1,290 tons. | ||||||||
| Fate | 18 May 1918 - Interned at Cartagena, Spain after being damaged by allied escorts and aircraft that same day. Surrendered to France on 22 Mar 1919 and was broken up at Toulon in 1923. . | ||||||||
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There was another U 39 in World War Two That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Sep 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 10 Dec 1938. Take a look at the U 39 from WWII. |