German submarine U-103 (1940)
- German submarine U-103 (1940)
Unterseeboot 103 (usually abbreviated to U-103) was a German Type IXB U-boat built during World War II. "U-103" was one of the most successful boat in the entire war, succeeding in sinking over 237,000 tons of allied shipping in 11 patrols, a career lasting more than four years.
"U-103" was built at the AG Weser in Bremen during 1939, and was ready for service in 1940. After her warm up, designed to give her an opportunity to train and repair minor faults, she was deployed into the Atlantic Ocean in July, 1940 and saw overwhelming success damaging 3 and sinking 45 ships.
Fate
In March 1944 "U-103" was taken out of service and used as a "Schulboot" (training boat). In January 1945 she went from Gotenhafen to Hamburg and in April 1945 from Hamburg to Kiel. On April 15 1945 she was sunk by bombs at Kiel with 1 dead and an unknown number of survivors.
References
* [http://www.uboat.net/boats/u103.htm uboat.net webpage for "U-103"]
* [http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=103 ubootwaffe.net webpage for "U-103"]
* [http://www.uboataces.com/ref-insignia8.shtml uboataces.com webpage with insignia for "U-103"]
See Also: List of U-boats and List of successful U-boats
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