German submarine U-42 (1939)
German submarine U-42 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. U-42 was ordered by Kriegsmarine in November 1936. Her keel was laid down in December 1937; she was launched in February 1939 and commissioned in July 1939. U-42 had a very short career, being sunk while still on her first war patrol. During her service with Kriegsmarine, the boat conducted only one training patrol and one war patrol. Over the latter she damaged one enemy vessel of 4,803 gross register tons (GRT). Both her patrols were as part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla.
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German submarine U-42 (1939)
German submarine U-42 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. U-42 was ordered by Kriegsmarine in November 1936. Her keel was laid down in December 1937; she was launched in February 1939 and commissioned in July 1939. U-42 had a very short career, being sunk while still on her first war patrol. During her service with Kriegsmarine, the boat conducted only one training patrol and one war patrol. Over the latter she damaged one enemy vessel of 4,803 gross register tons (GRT). Both her patrols were as part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla.
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German submarine U-42 was a Ty ...... went down with the submarine.
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Le Unterseeboot 42 (ou U-42) e ...... ype de navire par l'Allemagne.
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U 42 war ein deutsches U-Boot ...... Kriegsmarine eingesetzt wurde.
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U-42 – niemiecki okręt podwodn ...... Okręt wszedł do służby w 1939.
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U-42 — большая океанская немец ...... у вошла в состав 6-й флотилии.
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1939-07-15
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1937-12-21
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1936-11-21
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1939-02-16
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Sunk on 13 October 1939 southwest ofIreland. 26 dead and 20 survivors
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*6 × torpedo tubes
*22 × tor ...... *1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns
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*2 shafts
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German submarine U-42 was a Ty ...... rt of the 6th U-boat Flotilla.
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Le Unterseeboot 42 (ou U-42) e ...... ype de navire par l'Allemagne.
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U 42 war ein deutsches U-Boot ...... Kriegsmarine eingesetzt wurde.
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U-42 – niemiecki okręt podwodn ...... Okręt wszedł do służby w 1939.
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U-42 — большая океанская немец ...... у вошла в состав 6-й флотилии.
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German submarine U-42 (1939)
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U 42 (Kriegsmarine)
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U-42 (1939)
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U-42 (1939)
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Unterseeboot 42 (1939)
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