German submarine U-43 (1939)
German submarine U-43 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The keel for U-43 was laid down in August 1938 at Bremen; she was launched in May 1939 and commissioned in August. Between November 1939 and July 1943, the U-boat conducted 14 combat patrols, sinking 21 merchant ships for a total of 117,036 gross register tons (GRT), damaging one ship of 10,350 GRT and another of 9,131 GRT - enough for it to be declared a total loss. U-43 was sunk on 30 July 1943 southwest of the Azores by a torpedo dropped by a United States Navy aircraft; all 55 hands were lost.
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German submarine U-43 (1939)
German submarine U-43 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The keel for U-43 was laid down in August 1938 at Bremen; she was launched in May 1939 and commissioned in August. Between November 1939 and July 1943, the U-boat conducted 14 combat patrols, sinking 21 merchant ships for a total of 117,036 gross register tons (GRT), damaging one ship of 10,350 GRT and another of 9,131 GRT - enough for it to be declared a total loss. U-43 was sunk on 30 July 1943 southwest of the Azores by a torpedo dropped by a United States Navy aircraft; all 55 hands were lost.
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German submarine U-43 was a Ty ...... craft; all 55 hands were lost.
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Le Unterseeboot 43 (ou U-43) e ...... ype de navire par l'Allemagne.
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O Unterseeboot 43 foi um subma ...... te de todos os 55 tripulantes.
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U 43 war ein deutsches U-Boot ...... Kriegsmarine eingesetzt wurde.
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U-43 – niemiecki okręt podwodn ...... Okręt wszedł do służby w 1939.
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U-43 — большая океанская немец ...... огиб весь экипаж — 55 человек.
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1939-08-26
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1938-08-15
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1936-11-21
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1939-05-23
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Sunk south-west of theAzoresby an American aircraft, July 1943. 55 dead
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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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*21 commercial ships sunk
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German submarine U-43 was a Ty ...... craft; all 55 hands were lost.
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Le Unterseeboot 43 (ou U-43) e ...... ype de navire par l'Allemagne.
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O Unterseeboot 43 foi um subma ...... te de todos os 55 tripulantes.
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U 43 war ein deutsches U-Boot ...... Kriegsmarine eingesetzt wurde.
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U-43 – niemiecki okręt podwodn ...... Okręt wszedł do służby w 1939.
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U-43 — большая океанская немец ...... огиб весь экипаж — 55 человек.
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German submarine U-43 (1939)
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U 43 (Kriegsmarine)
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U-43 (1939)
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U-43 (1939)
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U-43
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Unterseeboot 43 (1939)
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