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German submarine U-74 (1940)
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-74.
German submarine U-74 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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Name | U-74 |
Ordered | 2 June 1938 |
Builder | Bremer Vulkan of Bremen-Vegesack |
Cost | 4,760,000 Reichsmark |
Yard number | 2 |
Laid down | 5 November 1939 |
Launched | 31 August 1940 |
Commissioned | 31 October 1940 |
Fate | Sunk, 2 May 1942 by British warships HMS Wishart and HMS Wrestler [1] |
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Class and type | Type VIIB U-boat |
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Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Boats & landing craft carried | 1 inflatable rubber boat |
Complement | 4 officers, 40 to 56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | FuMO 61 Hohentwiel U |
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Identification codes: | M 14 151 |
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Her keel was laid down on 5 November 1939, by Bremer Vulkan of Bremen-Vegesack, Germany as yard number 2. She was launched on 31 August 1940 and commissioned on 31 October, with Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat in command until 23 March 1942, when he was succeeded by Oberleutnant zur See (Oblt.z.S.) Karl Friederich, who remained in charge until the U-boat's loss.[2]