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Also known as German submarine U-47

1938 Type VIIB submarine

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Name
U-47
Ordered
21 November 1936
Builder
Germaniawerft , Kiel
Laid down
27 February 1937
Launched
29 October 1938
Commissioned
17 December 1938
Fate
Missing 7 March 1941, in the North Atlantic near the Rockall Bank and Trough .
Class type
Type VIIB U-boat
Displacement
753 t (741 long tons ) surfaced 857 t (843 long tons) submerged
Length
66.50 m (218 ft 2 in) o/a 48.80 m (160 ft 1 in) pressure hull
Beam
6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draught
4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power
2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion
2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed
17.9 knots (33.2 km/h; 20.6 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
8,700 nmi (16,112 km; 10,012 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 90 nmi (170 km; 100 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth
230 m (750 ft) Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement
4 officers, 40–56 enlisted

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U-47.jpg
Length
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Commons category
U-47 (submarine, 1938)
draft
4.74
vehicle range
8700
yard number
583
service entry
1938-12-17
beam
6.20
vertical depth
230
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German submarine U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 25 February 1937 at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 582 and went into service on 17 December 1938 under the command of Günther Prien.

During U-47's career, she sank a total of 31 enemy vessels, including the British battleship HMS Royal Oak, and damaged nine more. U-47 was the thirteenth most successful U-boat of World War II based on tonnage of enemy shipping sunk.

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