German submarine U-211
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German submarine U-211 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 29 March 1941 by the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 640, launched on 15 January 1942 and commissioned on 7 March under the command of Korvettenkapitän Karl Hause.
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Name | U-211 |
Ordered | 16 October 1939 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 640 |
Laid down | 29 March 1941 |
Launched | 15 January 1942 |
Commissioned | 7 March 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by a British aircraft, 19 November 1943 |
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Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 44 194 |
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A member of eight wolfpacks, she sank one warship of 1,350 tons and damaged three commercial vessels totalling 31,883 gross register tons (GRT) in five patrols.
She was sunk on 19 November 1943 by a British aircraft in the North Atlantic. 54 men died; there were no survivors.