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436:Kriegsmarine
434:
431:Nazi Germany
418:
416:
415:
406:(1,317
362:
168:) surfaced
155:Displacement
111:Commissioned
58:
48:Nazi Germany
1479:Canandaigua
1448:Hokkai Maru
1438:Assiniboine
685:Gröner 1991
583:naval mines
574:East Anglia
567:Holy Island
391:2nd patrol:
385:1st patrol:
377:Operations:
357:Commanders:
260:2,600
114:1 July 1944
87:Yard number
1745:1944 ships
1719:Categories
1416:Oberrender
1404:Shipwrecks
857:6 December
669:References
618:Ship Name
527:complement
490:; 567–621
465:Type XXIII
429:built for
424:Type XXIII
401:Victories:
382:2 patrols:
282:Complement
274:Test depth
202:Propulsion
146:Type XXIII
1477:USS
1425:USS
1414:USS
624:Tonnage (
598:Loch Ryan
594:Stavanger
579:North Sea
523:torpedoes
498:GU4463-8
488:kilowatts
486:(423–463
463:Like all
439:in 1944.
364:Oblt.z.S.
303:torpedoes
218:GU4463-8
166:long tons
160:234
149:submarine
95:Laid down
1651:30 Nov:
1600:30 Nov:
1578:29 Nov:
1532:28 Nov:
1492:27 Nov:
1475:22 Nov:
1465:20 Nov:
1458:Sesotris
1455:17 Nov:
1445:12 Nov:
1434:10 Nov:
1346:Type XXI
738:31 March
712:28 March
537:Leaving
352:M 41 224
316:Part of:
290:Armament
103:Launched
1660:Outarde
1423:8 Nov:
1412:6 Nov:
592:was at
559:torpedo
551:U-boats
494:), one
468:U-boats
452:Hamburg
81:Hamburg
73:Builder
65:Ordered
34:History
1654:U.S.O.
1571:U-2363
1565:U-2350
1559:U-2338
1553:U-2335
1547:U-2334
1541:U-2329
1535:U-2325
1525:U-2361
1519:U-2345
1513:U-2328
1507:U-2324
1501:U-2322
1495:U-2321
1331:U-4712
1324:U-4711
1317:U-4710
1310:U-4709
1303:U-4707
1296:U-4706
1289:U-4705
1282:U-4704
1275:U-4703
1268:U-4702
1261:U-4701
1254:U-2371
1247:U-2369
1240:U-2368
1233:U-2367
1226:U-2366
1219:U-2365
1212:U-2364
1205:U-2363
1198:U-2362
1191:U-2361
1184:U-2360
1177:U-2359
1170:U-2358
1163:U-2357
1156:U-2356
1149:U-2355
1142:U-2354
1135:U-2353
1128:U-2352
1121:U-2351
1114:U-2350
1107:U-2349
1100:U-2348
1093:U-2347
1086:U-2346
1079:U-2345
1072:U-2344
1065:U-2343
1058:U-2342
1051:U-2341
1044:U-2340
1037:U-2339
1030:U-2338
1023:U-2337
1016:U-2336
1009:U-2335
1002:U-2334
995:U-2333
988:U-2332
981:U-2331
974:U-2330
967:U-2329
960:U-2328
953:U-2327
946:U-2326
939:U-2325
932:U-2324
925:U-2323
918:U-2322
911:U-2321
827:
808:
789:
766:
701:Egholm
659:1,317
652:
641:Egholm
590:U-2322
563:U-2322
555:Egholm
543:U-2322
525:. The
515:U-2322
472:U-2322
459:Design
448:U-2322
441:U-2322
427:U-boat
419:U-2322
295:2 bow
178:Length
59:U-2322
1633:U-868
1627:U-481
1621:U-369
1615:U-328
1609:U-281
1603:U-170
1593:U-968
1587:U-312
1581:U-298
1436:HMCS
1427:Hogan
781:[
662:Sunk
631:Fate
615:Date
285:14–18
255:Range
243:knots
236:Speed
194:Draft
164:(230
1689:1946
1681:1945
1673:1944
859:2014
825:ISBN
806:ISBN
787:ISBN
764:ISBN
740:2015
714:2010
241:9.7
225:1 Ă—
214:1 Ă—
207:1 Ă—
186:Beam
119:Fate
55:Name
626:GRT
504:BBC
496:AEG
480:MWM
476:o/a
433:'s
408:GRT
262:nmi
227:BBC
216:AEG
209:MWM
90:476
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