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U-515

1941 Type IX submarine
Vehicle U Boat Q554635
U-515
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Facts

30 properties
Instance of
U-boat
Part of
4th U-boat Flotilla (1942–1942), 10th U-boat Flotilla (1942–1944)[5][6]
Has use
education (1942–1942), emergency operations (1942–1944)[7][8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 34.583°, -19.300°[20]
Armament
anti-aircraft gun, anti-aircraft gun, artillery gun, torpedo[13][14][15][16]
Beam
6.76
Commanded by
Werner Henke (1942–1944)
Conflict
Battle of the Atlantic
Coordinates
🗺️ 34.583°, -19.300°
Country of registry
Nazi Germany
Described by source
uboat.net
Dissolved
April 9, 1944
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
April 9, 1944[17]
Draft
4.7
Height
9.6
Length
76.76
Location of creation
Hamburg
Manufacturer
Deutsche Werft[3]
Mass
1120.0
Maximum capacity
48.0
Nominal power output
3200.0
Operator
Kriegsmarine[2]
Participated in conflict
Battle of the Atlantic[18]
Powered by
diesel engine, electric motor[11][12]
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Service entry
February 21, 1942
Shipping port
Lorient (1942–1944), Szczecin (1942–1942)[9][10]
Significant event
order, keel laying, ship launching, destruction, ship commissioning, sinking
Vehicle range
13450.0
Vessel class
Type IX submarine[4]
Yard number
311[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en German submarine U-515 en U-515 ar الغواصة الألمانية يو-515 de U515 de Unterseeboot 515 de U-515 de U 515 fa زیردریایی یو-۵۱۵ fr U-515 ja U515 (潜水艦) zh U-515型潜艇
🔖 Identifiers · 4
VIAF cluster ID
143554825
Freebase ID
/m/02rgg5x
NL CR AUT ID
kn20091008009
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Ship", "GermanSubmarineU515::ww6rs"]

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🔗 Connections
Significant event 5
ship launching, keel laying, order, destruction, ship commissioning
Armament 4
torpedo, artillery gun, anti-aircraft gun, anti-aircraft gun
Belongs to 2
4th U-boat Flotilla, 10th U-boat Flotilla
Part of 2
4th U-boat Flotilla, 10th U-boat Flotilla
Powered by 2
electric motor, diesel engine
Shipping port 2
Szczecin, Lorient
Commanded by 1
Werner Henke
Country of registry 1
Nazi Germany
Described by source 1
uboat.net
Has use 1
education
Instance of 1
U-boat
Location of creation 1
Hamburg
Manufacturer 1
Deutsche Werft
Operator 1
Kriegsmarine
Participated in conflict 1
Battle of the Atlantic
Vessel class 1
Type IX submarine
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Summary

U-515 is an U-boat[1].

Related Entities

Lorient Nazi Germany Szczecin

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . uboat.net. Retrieved . uboat.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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