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German submarine ''U-211'' was a Type VIIC U-boat of the ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 29 March 1941 by the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 640, launched on 15 January 1942 and commissioned on 7 March under the command of ''Korvettenkapitän'' Karl Hause. A member of eight wolfpacks, she sank one warship of 1,350 tons and damaged three commercial vessels totalling in five patrols. She was sunk on 19 November 1943 by a British aircraft in the North Atlantic. 54 men died; there were no survivors. ==Design== German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. ''U-211'' had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of for use while surfaced, two AEG GU 460/8–27 double-acting electric motors producing a total of for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ''U-211'' was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one , 220 rounds, and an anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German submarine U-211」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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