On May 4 1945 one of the most advanced submarines in the world crept up to a British Royal Navy cruiser.

Cruiser u boat. Blanche was a total loss. It was in fact a U-cruiserWith a submerged displacement of 4650 tons six torpedo tubes and a gun armament of four 128-mm guns in two twin gun turrets it would have been the heaviest-armed U-boat and the. Submarine also submarine cruiser or submarine cruiser in were the First and Second World War large submarine with a displacement of over 2000 tons on surface location a severe for this type of vessel artillery wore and which trade war should be conducted overseas.

The Cruise Sub 7 1140 by U-Boat Worx is the deepest diver among the group. The U-boat War in World War Two Kriegsmarine 1939-1945 and World War One Kaiserliche Marine 1914-1918 and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. The Type XB was a minelayer and.

This section includes over 21000 Allied Warships and over 11000 Allied Commanders of WWII from the US Navy Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Royal Australian Navy The Polish Navy and others. The U-boat War in World War Two Kriegsmarine 1939-1945 and World War One Kaiserliche Marine 1914-1918 and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. U-2511 was one of Germanys new Type XXI-class wonder submarines and she was.

Left A U-boat comes along side an unarmed merchant cruiser. Over 40000 pages on the officers the boats technology and the Allied efforts to counter the U-boat threat. 13th - As U-boat and surface ship-laid mines continued to inflict heavy losses on merchant ships and warships alike cruiser minelayer Adventure and accompanying destroyer BLANCHE were mined in the Thames Estuary.

Since detailed information for all U-Boat classes and single ships would be too voluminous for this web page only a short overview about the single U-Boat types is given here. Note the U-boats forward deck gun swung over at the merchant cruiser. The U-boat was a highly versatile ship and could be found around major port cities cruise destinations inland seaways and the open sea.

The three-man Brandtaucher sank in the harbor of Kiel which would become one of Germanys major cruise departure ports. The Action of 22 September 1914 was an attack by the German U-boat U-9 that took place during the First World WarThree obsolete Royal Navy cruisers of the 7th Cruiser Squadron manned mainly by reservists and sometimes referred to as the Live Bait Squadron were sunk by U-9 while patrolling the southern North Sea. On May 4 1945 one of the most advanced submarines in the world crept up to a British Royal Navy cruiser.