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1311:Type XXI
824:29 April
815:"U-2345"
782:(2005).
706:29 April
697:"U-2345"
673:29 April
637:See also
597:scuttled
477:launched
394:M 50 159
374:Part of:
348:Armament
119:Launched
1625:Outarde
1388:8 Nov:
1377:6 Nov:
612:10°05′W
609:56°10′N
528:), one
502:U-boats
473:Hamburg
459:during
232:Draught
97:Hamburg
89:Builder
81:Ordered
50:History
1619:U.S.O.
1536:U-2363
1530:U-2350
1524:U-2338
1518:U-2335
1512:U-2334
1506:U-2329
1500:U-2325
1490:U-2361
1484:U-2345
1478:U-2328
1472:U-2324
1466:U-2322
1460:U-2321
1296:U-4712
1289:U-4711
1282:U-4710
1275:U-4709
1268:U-4707
1261:U-4706
1254:U-4705
1247:U-4704
1240:U-4703
1233:U-4702
1226:U-4701
1219:U-2371
1212:U-2369
1205:U-2368
1198:U-2367
1191:U-2366
1184:U-2365
1177:U-2364
1170:U-2363
1163:U-2362
1156:U-2361
1149:U-2360
1142:U-2359
1135:U-2358
1128:U-2357
1121:U-2356
1114:U-2355
1107:U-2354
1100:U-2353
1093:U-2352
1086:U-2351
1079:U-2350
1072:U-2349
1065:U-2348
1058:U-2347
1051:U-2346
1044:U-2345
1037:U-2344
1030:U-2343
1023:U-2342
1016:U-2341
1009:U-2340
1002:U-2339
995:U-2338
988:U-2337
981:U-2336
974:U-2335
967:U-2334
960:U-2333
953:U-2332
946:U-2331
939:U-2330
932:U-2329
925:U-2328
918:U-2327
911:U-2326
904:U-2325
897:U-2324
890:U-2323
883:U-2322
876:U-2321
794:
768:
749:
593:U-2345
585:U-2345
573:U-2345
559:. The
549:U-2345
506:U-2345
493:Design
447:U-boat
442:was a
439:U-2345
318:2,600
194:Length
75:U-2345
42:U-2345
37:U-2367
1598:U-868
1592:U-481
1586:U-369
1580:U-328
1574:U-281
1568:U-170
1558:U-968
1552:U-312
1546:U-298
1401:HMCS
1392:Hogan
343:14–18
313:Range
301:knots
294:Speed
180:(230
32:Hecht
1654:1946
1646:1945
1638:1944
826:2016
792:ISBN
766:ISBN
747:ISBN
708:2016
675:2016
471:AG,
430:None
422:None
359:2 Ă—
299:9.7
283:1 Ă—
273:1 Ă—
263:1 Ă—
217:Beam
135:Fate
95:AG,
71:Name
538:BBC
530:AEG
514:MWM
510:o/a
453:'s
449:of
285:BBC
275:AEG
265:MWM
208:p/h
201:o/a
106:499
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1622:,
1595:,
1589:,
1583:,
1577:,
1571:,
1555:,
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1533:,
1527:,
1521:,
1515:,
1509:,
1503:,
1487:,
1481:,
1475:,
1469:,
1463:,
1447:,
817:.
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683:^
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633:.
591:.
504:,
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178:t
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