1st U-boat Flotilla
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1st-u-boat-flotilla-187-5068456
title:
1st U-boat Flotilla
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The 1st U-boat flotilla also known as the Weddigen flotilla, was the first operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy). Founded on 27 September 1935 under the command of Fregattenkapitän Karl Dönitz, it was named in honor of Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen. Weddigen, a U-boat commander during World War I, died on 18 March 1915 after his submarine U-29 was rammed by the British battleship HMS Dreadnought in the North Sea. The flotilla at first only consisted of U-9, a Type IIB boa
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1935–1944 submarine unit of the German Navy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_U-boat_Flotilla
date created:
2006-07-22T02:00:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T09:51:05Z
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