German submarine U-51 (1938)
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-51.
German submarine U-51 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II.[1] She was ordered on 21 November 1936 and laid down on 26 February 1937 in Kiel. She was launched on 11 June 1938 and commissioned on 6 August 1938.[1]
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Name | U-51 |
Ordered | 21 November 1936 |
Builder | Germaniawerft AG, Kiel |
Cost | 4,439,000 Reichsmark |
Yard number | 586 |
Laid down | 26 February 1937 |
Launched | 11 June 1938 |
Commissioned | 6 August 1938 |
Fate | Sunk buy the submarine HMS Cachalot in the Bay of Biscay, 20 August 1940 |
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Class and type | Type VIIB U-boat |
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Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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Identification codes: | M 05 671 |
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During her service in the Kriegsmarine, U-51 conducted four war patrols and sank five enemy vessels for a loss of 26,296 gross register tons (GRT) and one auxiliary warship of 4,724 GRT. She was a member of one wolfpack.
She was sunk on 20 August 1940 in the Bay of Biscay by a torpedo from a British submarine.