U-55

1939 Type VIIB submarine
Vehicle u_boat Q471544
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U-55

Summary

U-55 is an U-boat[1]. U-55 ranks in the top 5% of u_boat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • U-55's image is recorded as U 52.jpg[3].
  • U-55's instance of is recorded as U-boat[4].
  • U-55's operator is recorded as Kriegsmarine[5].
  • U-55's manufacturer is recorded as Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft[6].
  • U-55's vessel class is recorded as Type VIIB submarine[7].
  • U-55's shipping port is recorded as Kiel[8].
  • U-55's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[9].
  • U-55's yard number is recorded as 590[10].
  • U-55's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 48.61666667, 'lon': -7.8}[11].
  • U-55's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fq2s0r[12].
  • U-55's significant event is recorded as ship launching[13].
  • U-55's significant event is recorded as keel laying[14].
  • U-55's location of creation is recorded as Kiel[15].
  • U-55's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[16].
  • U-55's different from is recorded as SM U-55[17].
  • U-55's different from is recorded as SM UC-55[18].
  • U-55's country of registry is recorded as Nazi Germany[19].

Why It Matters

U-55 ranks in the top 5% of u_boat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2] U-55 has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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