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U-56

1938 Type IIC submarine
Vehicle u_boat Q571340

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
U-boat
Part of
5th U-boat Flotilla (1938–1939), 1st U-boat Flotilla (1940–1940), 24th U-boat Flotilla (1940–1940), 22nd U-boat Flotilla (1940–1944), 19th U-boat Flotilla (1944–1945)
Has use
education (1938–1939), emergency operations (1940–1940)
Commanded by
Walter Kaeding (1945–1945), Wilhelm Zahn (1938–1940)
Conflict
Battle of the Atlantic
Country of registry
Nazi Germany[20]
Described by source
uboat.net[16]
Different from
SM UC-56, SM U-56, SM UB-56[17][18][19]
Location of creation
Kiel[15]
Manufacturer
Deutsche Werke[3]
Operator
Kriegsmarine[2]
Participated in conflict
Battle of the Atlantic[6]
Pennant number
U 56[14]
Shipping port
Kiel[5]
Significant event
order, keel laying, ship launching, ship commissioning, sinking, ship decommissioning[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Vessel class
Type IIC submarine[4]
Yard number
255[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en German submarine U-56 en U-56 ar الغواصة الألمانية يو-56 cs U 56 fa زیردریایی یو-۵۶ (۱۹۳۸) fr Unterseeboot 56 id Kapal selam Jerman U-56 vi U-56 (tàu ngầm Đức) (1938) zh U-56号潜艇
🔖 Identifiers · 1
Freebase ID
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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 5
1st U-boat Flotilla, 5th U-boat Flotilla, 22nd U-boat Flotilla, 19th U-boat Flotilla, 24th U-boat Flotilla
Part of 5
1st U-boat Flotilla, 5th U-boat Flotilla, 22nd U-boat Flotilla, 19th U-boat Flotilla, 24th U-boat Flotilla
Significant event 4
ship launching, keel laying, order, ship commissioning
Different from 3
SM UC-56, SM U-56, SM UB-56
← Different from 3
SM UC-56, SM U-56, SM UB-56
Country of registry 1
Nazi Germany
Described by source 1
uboat.net
Has use 1
education
Instance of 1
U-boat
Location of creation 1
Kiel
Manufacturer 1
Deutsche Werke
Operator 1
Kriegsmarine
Participated in conflict 1
Battle of the Atlantic
Shipping port 1
Kiel
← FactGrid item ID 1
Planta, Lublin Voivodeship
← Member of the crew of 1
Herwig Collmann
← Product or material produced 1
Deutsche Werke
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Summary

U-56 is an U-boat[1].

Related Entities

Nazi Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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