German submarine U-81

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German submarine U-81 was a German Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known for sinking the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in 1941.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German Type VIIC submarine
U-boat
World War II submarine
armament 5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun NERFINISHED
anti-aircraft guns
assignedTo 29th U-boat Flotilla NERFINISHED
7th U-boat Flotilla NERFINISHED
attackDate 13 November 1941
attackedBy USAAF bombers NERFINISHED
beam 6.20 m
builder Bremer Vulkan NERFINISHED
builtFor Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED
causeOfSinking air raid
commissionedBy Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED
commissionedOn 26 April 1941
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
crewComplement about 44 to 60 men
displacementSubmerged 871 t
displacementSurfaced 769 t
draught 4.74 m
enteredMediterranean 1941
fate sunk in air raid at Pola on 9 January 1944
firstCommander Friedrich Guggenberger NERFINISHED
hullNumber U-81 NERFINISHED
knownFor sinking the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
laidDownOn 11 May 1940
launchedOn 22 February 1941
length 67.10 m
maximumSubmergedSpeed about 7.6 knots
maximumSurfaceSpeed about 17.7 knots
navalEnsign Reichskriegsflagge NERFINISHED
operationalPeriod 1941–1944
patrolArea Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
North Atlantic NERFINISHED
propulsion diesel-electric
sankShip HMS Ark Royal NERFINISHED
scrappedAt Pola NERFINISHED
scrappedOn post-war
serviceBranch Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED
shipyard Bremer Vulkan shipyard, Bremen-Vegesack NERFINISHED
submarineClass Type VIIC submarine
sunkAt Pola, Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED
sunkOn 9 January 1944
theater Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
torpedoed HMS Ark Royal NERFINISHED
torpedoTubesBow 4
torpedoTubesStern 1

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aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal attacker German submarine U-81
subject surface form: HMS Ark Royal