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| rdfs:label | - German submarine U-118 (1941)
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| rdfs:comment | - German submarine U-118 was a Type XB minelaying U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 31 January 1939 and laid down on 1 March 1940 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel, as 'werk' 617. She was launched on 23 September 1941 and commissioned on 6 December under the command of Korvettenkapitän Werner Czygan.
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| Ship caption | - U-118 under attack by aircraft from USS Bogue
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| abstract | - German submarine U-118 was a Type XB minelaying U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 31 January 1939 and laid down on 1 March 1940 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel, as 'werk' 617. She was launched on 23 September 1941 and commissioned on 6 December under the command of Korvettenkapitän Werner Czygan. After a period of training as part of the 4th U-boat Flotilla, U-118 was assigned to the front-line as part of the 10th U-boat Flotilla on 1 October 1942. She was reassigned to the 12th flotilla a month later on 1 November. She was a member of three wolfpacks.
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