German submarine U-96

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German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine in World War II, best known as the real-life inspiration for the novel and film "Das Boot."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German Type VIIC submarine
U-boat
World War II naval vessel
armament 14 torpedoes
2 cm anti-aircraft gun
5 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun NERFINISHED
associatedWith Lothar-Günther Buchheim NERFINISHED
base Lorient NERFINISHED
St. Nazaire NERFINISHED
beam 6.20 m
builtAt Hamburg NERFINISHED
category Ships built in Hamburg
U-boats commissioned in 1940
World War II submarines of Germany
commissionedDate 1940-09-14
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
crewComplement 44–52
dateOfScuttling 1945-03-30
displacementSubmerged 871 t
displacementSurfaced 769 t
draught 4.74 m
fate scuttled
flagSymbol laughing sawfish emblem
flotilla 7th U-boat Flotilla NERFINISHED
inspirationFor film "Das Boot" NERFINISHED
novel "Das Boot" NERFINISHED
laidDownDate 1940-09-16
launchedDate 1940-08-01
lengthOverall 67.10 m
maximumSpeedSubmerged 7.6 kn
maximumSpeedSurfaced 17.7 kn
notableCommander Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock NERFINISHED
notableCommanderRank Kapitänleutnant
operator Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED
patrols 11 war patrols
pennantNumber U-96 NERFINISHED
placeOfScuttling Wilhelmshaven NERFINISHED
precededByClass Type VIIB
propulsion diesel-electric
scuttledBy Kriegsmarine crew
serviceBranch Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED
shipyard Blohm & Voss NERFINISHED
submarineClass Type VIIC
successes damaged 1 ship as total loss
damaged 4 ships
sank 27 ships
testDepth 230 m
theatreOfOperations Bay of Biscay NERFINISHED
North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Norwegian Sea NERFINISHED
tookPartIn Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED
totalTonnageSunk over 180,000 GRT

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Heinrich von Lehmann-Willenbrock service German submarine U-96