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U-boat

German submarine of the First or Second World War
Thing submarine_type Q428661
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Summary

U-boat is a submarine type[1]. U-boat draws 11,181 Wikipedia views per month (submarine type category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Nazi Germany[3], Weimar Republic[4], German Empire[5]
  • Operator: Imperial German Navy[6], German Navy[7], Kriegsmarine[8]
  • Subclass of: submarine[9], naval vessel[10]
  • Said to be the same as: submarine[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:U-boats[12], Category:Submarines of Germany[13]
  • Commons gallery: U-boat[14]
  • Topic has template: Q22895231[15]
  • Different from: In Enemy Hands[16], U-boat[17]

Why It Matters

U-boat has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] U-boat is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

German Empire Nazi Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (1905-1909). archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · BSRF · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → submarine, naval vessel
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: naval vessel"
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