After six rounds from her deck gun which resulted in three hits, U-96 abandoned the attack on the armed merchantman due to bad weather.

German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 16 September 1939, by Germaniawerft, of Kiel as 'werk' …

U 96 war ein deutsches U-Boot vom Typ VII C, das im Zweiten Weltkrieg von der deutschen Kriegsmarine eingesetzt wurde. Es wurde durch den Roman Das Boot und dessen Verfilmung …

On 28 Apr 1941 southeast of Iceland, in position 60.04N, 15.45W, the British corvette HMS Gladiolus depth charged a German U-boat. This was for some time thought to have sunk U …

German submarines devastated trans-Atlantic shipping while sinking 8,000 merchant vessels and warships and killing tens of thousands. The Type VII C, was the most successful and most …

U-96 A successful U-boat whose exploits during one particular patrol in October-December of 1941 provided the historical basis for the novel and film Das Boot. Altogether sank 28 …

U-96 was a German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine, commissioned in 1940 during World War II. It became one of the most famous U-boats due to its successful patrols and its …

For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-96. German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II.

U-96 sank or damaged 32 Allied ships. Our map markers only have 26 labels (A-Z) at this time. This is why some of the markers have no label but otherwise work just fine. The markers are …

It does not look like much: just a wall with a poster "Das Boot", a second wall with detailed schematics of a German Type VII C World War II U-Boat, and a dark, narrow opening in …