Foreign U-boats

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Foreign U-boats was the title for a special section created by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that adopted 13 captured enemy submarines and a single Turkish vessel into the U-boat corps. Beginning in 1939 and lasting until the end of World War II in 1945, the Kriegsmarine modified a total of 13 captured enemy submarines, then deployed them into combat with German crews. The special corps was not especially successful, as only nine enemy ships were destroyed by Foreign U-boats through the entire war. Seven of these were destroyed by UA, which was a modified Type IX U-boat originally built for the Turkish Navy.[1] However, some were effective as minelayers.

The captured submarines[]

  • UA: ex Turkish submarine Batiray
  • UB: ex British submarine HMS Seal (N37)
  • UC-1: ex Norwegian submarine HNoMS B-5
  • UC-2: ex Norwegian submarine HNoMS B-6
  • UD-1: ex Dutch submarine HNLMS O 8
  • UD-2: ex Dutch submarine HNLMS O 12[2]
  • UD-3: ex Dutch submarine HNLMS O 25[2]
  • UD-4: ex Dutch submarine HNLMS O 26[2]
  • UD-5: ex Dutch submarine HNLMS O 27[2]
  • UF-1: ex French submarine Africaine (Q196)
  • UF-2: ex French submarine Favorite (Q195)
  • UF-3: ex French submarine Astrée (Q200)
  • UIT-22: ex Italian submarine Alpino Bagnolini
  • UIT-23: ex Italian submarine Reginaldo Giuliani
  • UIT-24: ex Italian submarine Comandante Cappellini
  • UIT-25: ex Italian submarine Luigi Torelli

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Foreign U-boats". List of all U-boats. uboat.net. Retrieved 15 August 2006.
  2. ^ a b c d Showell, Jak P. Mallmann (1973). U-boats under the Swastika. Ian Allan. p. 120. ISBN 0-7110-0379-3.
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