German submarine U-56

German submarine U-56

"Unterseeboot 56" or "U-56" has been the name of several German submarines or U-boats during the First World War and the Second World War.

* Unterseeboot 56 (1916) was built in 1916 and operated in the First Battle of the Atlantic during the First World War before gone missing in 1916.
**During the First World War, Germany also operated two other U-boats with similar designations:
*** Unterseeboot B-56 was built in 1917 and sunk in 1917.
*** Unterseeboot C-56 was built in 1916 and interned in 1918.

* Unterseeboot 56 (1938) was built in 1938 and operated during the Second Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War before being sunk in 1945.


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