German submarine U-69 (1940)
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German submarine U-69 was the first Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. This meant that compared to previous U-boats, she could travel further afield for longer, with a payload of fourteen torpedoes, an 8.8 cm (3.5 in) deck gun for smaller vessels and a flak gun for use against aircraft. U-69 was very successful, sinking over 72,000 gross register tons (GRT) of Allied shipping in a career lasting two years, making her one of the longest surviving, continuously serving, U-boats. Her most notable attack was on the civilian ferry SS Caribou, which sank off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1942, killing 137 men, women and children. She was rammed and sunk by HMS Fame on 17 February 1943.
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Name | U-69 |
Ordered | 30 May 1938 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost | 4.439.000 Reichsmark |
Yard number | 603 |
Laid down | 11 November 1939 |
Launched | 19 September 1940 |
Commissioned | 2 November 1940 |
Fate | Sunk, 17 February 1943 by HMS Fame |
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Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 25 172 |
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