U-166

1941 Type IXC submarine
Vehicle u_boat Q571317
U-166
US Government employee: NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program; Collection of LCDR Jeremy Weirich, NOAA Corps · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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U-166

Summary

U-166 is an U-boat[1]. U-166 ranks in the top 2% of u_boat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • U-166's image is recorded as U166.jpg[3].
  • U-166's instance of is recorded as U-boat[4].
  • U-166's instance of is recorded as shipwreck[5].
  • U-166's operator is recorded as Kriegsmarine[6].
  • U-166's manufacturer is recorded as Seebeckwerft[7].
  • U-166's vessel class is recorded as Type IXC submarine[8].
  • U-166's Commons category is recorded as U-166 (submarine, 1941)[9].
  • U-166's shipping port is recorded as Lorient[10].
  • U-166's participated in conflict is recorded as Battle of the Atlantic[11].
  • U-166's participated in conflict is recorded as Battle of the Caribbean[12].
  • U-166's yard number is recorded as 705[13].
  • U-166's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03npnx[14].
  • U-166's significant event is recorded as order[15].
  • U-166's significant event is recorded as keel laying[16].
  • U-166's significant event is recorded as ship launching[17].
  • U-166's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[18].
  • U-166's significant event is recorded as sinking[19].
  • U-166's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[20].
  • U-166's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places contributing property[21].
  • U-166's country of registry is recorded as Nazi Germany[22].

Why It Matters

U-166 ranks in the top 2% of u_boat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month).[2] U-166 has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] U-166 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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