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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 60
Type | U 57 | ||||||||
| Shipyard | A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 215) | ||||||||
| Ordered | 6 Oct 1914 | Laid down | 22 Jun 1915 | ||||||
| Launched | 5 Jul 1916 | Commissioned | 1 Nov 1916 | ||||||
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| Career | 10 patrols | ||||||||
| 13 Jan 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla |
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| Successes | 52 ships sunk for a total of 107,640 tons. 2 ships damaged for a total of 7,164 tons. | ||||||||
| Fate | 21 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 60 in World War Two That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Jun 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 22 Jul 1939. Take a look at the U 60 from WWII. |