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U-boat

[yoo-boht]

noun

  1. a German submarine.



U-boat

noun

  1. a German submarine, esp in World Wars I and II

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Word History and Origins

Origin of U-boat1

1910–15; < German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot literally, undersea boat
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Word History and Origins

Origin of U-boat1

from German U-Boot, abbreviation for Unterseeboot, literally: undersea boat
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It was on 14 May 1945 that the first of the German U-boats made their way up the Foyle to the port of Lisahally where they were formally ordered to surrender.

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Gasoline rationing was instituted: There was no lack of product from the oil fields, it was simply being torpedoed by U-boats, causing severe shortages along the East Coast.

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More than 500 of the ship's crew died when it was attacked by a German U-boat in October 1914.

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Guy Ritchie’s latest follows a group of British special forces who took on German U-boats during World War II — and helped inspire James Bond.

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That included staffing her post as the news came in that a convoy escorted by her future husband’s ship, the destroyer HMS Oribi, had been attacked by a U-boat wolf pack.

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