German submarine U-506 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 11 July 1940 at the Deutsche...
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Type IX submarine (redirect from Type IX U-boat)
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destroyed. Rescue operations were continued by other vessels. Another U-boat, U-506, was also attacked by US aircraft and forced to dive. A total of 976...
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Sun damaged by U-506 at 28°41′N 90°19′W / 28.68°N 90.32°W / 28.68; -90.32 16 May – US tanker William C. McTarnahan damaged by U-506 at 28°52′N 90°20′W...
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West Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, the German vessels—among them U-156, U-506 and U-507—attempting to rescue survivors of the ocean liner RMS Laconia...
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were abandoned. It was feared the flames from the troopships would attract U-boats, so in the early hours of 12 July they were sunk by Royal Navy torpedoes...
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scuttled at Goa. U-506 sank the Norwegian freighter Tabor south of South Africa. 11 March 1943: U-160 sank the freighter Aelbryn, and U-182 sank the Liberty...
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German submarine U-864 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in World War II. On 9 February 1945, she became the only submarine in history...
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Erich Würdemann (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
aboard U-43 under Wolfgang Lüth, before commissioning the Type IXC U-boat U-506 in September 1941. He sailed on 5 war patrols, sank 15 merchant ships for...
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submarine Ascianghi. Some sources attribute the torpedo to the German submarine U-407. One crewman was killed in the attack. Her rudder having been blown off...
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