''U'' numbers

Kaleun · 08-27-06, 03:29 AM

hi,

@popol0011 - you have a famous u-boat, U-47 - commanded by Gunter Prien, it sneaked into Scapa Flow and sunk a Battleship, see

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u47.htm

and

http://www.uboat.net/articles/index.html?article=34

Mine, out of interest, is a type II : U-63, and in reality didn't achieve a great deal - being sunk near the Shetlands by a combined RN destroyer and submarine attack

Kaleun

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08-27-06, 03:29 AM	#8
Kaleun Chief Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 329 Downloads: 266 Uploads: 0	hi, @popol0011 - you have a famous u-boat, U-47 - commanded by Gunter Prien, it sneaked into Scapa Flow and sunk a Battleship, see http://www.uboat.net/boats/u47.htm and http://www.uboat.net/articles/index.html?article=34 Mine, out of interest, is a type II : U-63, and in reality didn't achieve a great deal - being sunk near the Shetlands by a combined RN destroyer and submarine attack Kaleun