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U-69

1940 Type VIIC submarine
Vehicle u_boat Q689663

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
U-boat
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.600°, -41.117°[9]
Commanded by
Jost Metzler (1940–1941), Wilhelm Zahn (1941–1942)
Conflict
Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the Caribbean
Coordinates
🗺️ 50.600°, -41.117°
Country of registry
Nazi Germany[17]
Described by source
uboat.net[16]
Location of creation
Kiel[15]
Manufacturer
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft[3]
Operator
Kriegsmarine[2]
Participated in conflict
Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the Caribbean[6][7]
Shipping port
Kiel[5]
Significant event
order, keel laying, ship launching, ship commissioning, sinking[10][11][12][13][14]
Vessel class
Type VIIC submarine[4]
Yard number
603[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en German submarine U-69 en U-69 ar الغواصة الألمانية يو-69 cs U 69 fa زیردریایی یو-۶۹ fr Unterseeboot 69 fr U-69 ja U69 (潜水艦) ru Смеющаяся корова uk U-69 (1940) vi U-69 (tàu ngầm Đức) (1940) zh U-69号潜艇 (1940年)
🔖 Identifiers · 3
GND ID
7516656-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Type VIIc.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/09d445

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🔗 Connections
Significant event 4
ship launching, keel laying, order, ship commissioning
Participated in conflict 2
Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the Caribbean
Commanded by 1
Jost Metzler
Country of registry 1
Nazi Germany
Described by source 1
uboat.net
Instance of 1
U-boat
Location of creation 1
Kiel
Manufacturer 1
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
Operator 1
Kriegsmarine
Shipping port 1
Kiel
← Commander of (DEPRECATED) 1
Jost Metzler
← Product or material produced 1
Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
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Summary

U-69 is an U-boat[1].

Related Entities

Nazi Germany

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  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.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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