U-37 1945
Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | U-37 | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1945 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | U-boat | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Scuttled | Wikidata P793 significant event: scuttling |
| Nationality / flag | Nazi Germany | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Operator | Kriegsmarine | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | Battle of the Atlantic | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Nearest coast | Denmark | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 6 km from land |
| Position | 54.8917, 9.7804 | Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0) |
About the wreck
German submarine U-37 was a Type IXA U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 15 March 1937 at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser yard in Bremen, launched on 14 May 1938, and commissioned on 4 August 1938 as part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla.
Between August 1939 and March 1941, U-37 conducted eleven combat patrols, sinking 53 merchant ships, for a total of 200,063 gross register tons (GRT); and two warships, the British Hastings-class sloop HMS Penzance, and the French submarine Sfax. U-37 was then withdrawn from front-line service and assigned to training units until the end of the war. On 5 May 1945 the U-boat was scuttled. U-37 was the sixth most successful U-boat in World War II in terms of tonnage sunk.
Location
- Recorded position: 54.8917, 9.7804 (Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Denmark
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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