German submarine U-47 (1938)
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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 w
15 October 1939. U-47 returns to port after sinking HMS Royal Oak. The battleship Scharnhorst is in the background.
Kriegsmarine U-boat commander Günther Prien
Arandora Star, sunk 2 July 1940
A cutaway model of U-47 viewed from the side
HMS Royal Oak (08)
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HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand
German submarine U-47 (1938)
…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. U-47 disappeared in…
Royal Oak at anchor in 1937
Royal Oak at anchor after her 1936 refit
Captain Kenneth Dewar
Commander Henry Daniel