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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Finnish submarine Vesikko, German submarine U-10 (1935), German submarine U-11 (1935), German submarine U-120 (1940), German submarine U-121 (1940), German submarine U-12 (1935), German submarine U-137 (1940), German submarine U-138 (1940), German submarine U-139 (1940), German submarine U-13 (1935), German submarine U-140 (1940), German submarine U-141 (1940), German submarine U-142 (1940), German submarine U-143 (1940), German submarine U-144 (1940), German submarine U-145 (1940), German submarine U-146 (1940), German submarine U-147 (1940), German submarine U-148 (1940), German submarine U-149 (1940), German submarine U-14 (1936), German submarine U-150 (1940), German submarine U-151 (1940), German submarine U-152 (1940), German submarine U-15 (1936), German submarine U-16 (1936), German submarine U-17 (1935), German submarine U-18 (1936), German submarine U-19 (1936), German submarine U-1 (1935), German submarine U-20 (1936), German submarine U-21 (1936), German submarine U-22 (1936), German submarine U-23 (1936), German submarine U-24 (1936), German submarine U-2 (1935), German submarine U-3 (1935), German submarine U-4 (1935), German submarine U-56 (1938), German submarine U-57 (1938), German submarine U-59 (1939), German submarine U-5 (1935), German submarine U-60 (1939), German submarine U-61 (1939), German submarine U-62 (1939), German submarine U-63 (1939), German submarine U-6 (1935), German submarine U-7 (1935), German submarine U-8 (1935), German submarine U-9 (1935), German Type II submarine, List of German Type II submarines. Excerpt: The list of German Type II submarines includes all Type II submarines (Unterseeboot or U-boat) built by Germany. The wrecksite of U-12 is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act. U-12 was the vessel nominated by the German authorities to represent all U-Boats sunk in British waters in the second world war. German submarine U-57 was a Type IIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine that served in the Second World War. She was built by Deutsche Werke AG in Kiel as 'werk' 256. Ordered on 17 June 1937, she was laid down on 14 September, launched on 3 September 1938 and commissioned on 29 December under the command of Oberleutnant Claus Korth. U-56 was initially part of the 5th U-boat Flotilla during her training period, until 31 December 1939, when she was re-assigned to the 1st U-boat Flotilla for operations. She carried out eleven war patrols, sinking eleven ships for a total 48,053 GRT and one auxiliary warship of 8,240 GRT; she also damaged two vessels totalling 10,403 GRT; one ship was declared a total loss (10,191GRT). The boat's first patrol was brief and passed without incident. For her second sortie, she departed Kiel on 5 September 1939, but went no further than the Kattegat. Her third effort was as far as the waters separating the Orkney Islands and the Shetlands, but success continued to elude her. It was more of the same for her fourth and fifth patrols, although her activity was centred more in the southern North Sea. The submarine's luck changed for the better on her sixth foray, when she sank the Miranda about 30 mi (48 km) northwest of Peterhead in Scotland on 20 January 1940. Sally number seven began with the boat's departure from Wilhelmshaven on 8 February 1940. On the 14th, she attacked the Gretafield southeast of Noss Head. The burnt-out ship, which had been abandoned, drifted ashore at Dunbeath in Caithness. She broke in two and was declared a total loss.U-57 was one of six U-boats that took part in Operation
