U-617

Summary

U-617 is an U-boat^[1]. U-617 ranks in the top 5% of u_boat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• U-617's image is recorded as U-617 kentert.jpg^[3].
• U-617's instance of is recorded as U-boat^[4].
• U-617's manufacturer is recorded as Blohm+Voss^[5].
• U-617's vessel class is recorded as Type VIIC submarine^[6].
• U-617's Commons category is recorded as U-617 (submarine, 1942)^[7].
• U-617's participated in conflict is recorded as Battle of the Atlantic^[8].
• U-617's participated in conflict is recorded as Mediterranean U-boat Campaign^[9].
• U-617's yard number is recorded as 593^[10].
• U-617's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.63333333, 'lon': -3.45}^[11].
• U-617's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010f8008^[12].
• U-617's cause of destruction is recorded as depth charge^[13].
• U-617's significant event is recorded as order^[14].
• U-617's significant event is recorded as keel laying^[15].
• U-617's significant event is recorded as ship launching^[16].
• U-617's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning^[17].
• U-617's significant event is recorded as scuttling^[18].
• U-617's significant event is recorded as shipwrecking^[19].
• U-617's pennant number is recorded as U 617^[20].
• U-617's location of creation is recorded as Hamburg^[21].
• U-617's described by source is recorded as The Submarine War, 1939-1945^[22].
• U-617's described by source is recorded as uboat.net^[23].
• U-617's country of registry is recorded as Nazi Germany^[24].

Why It Matters

U-617 ranks in the top 5% of u_boat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2] U-617 has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] U-617 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]