Mission: Contain the German fleet.
Perfect position to cut German access to the Atlantic.
Over 700 made - heroes of the 'Happy Time'.
SPEED: 17.9 KNOTS - SURFACE
8.0 KNOTS - SUBMERGED
RANGE: 8,700 MILES @ 10 KNOTS, SURFACE
90 MILES @ 4 KNOTS, SUBMERGED
CREW: 44 - 52
Safe harbor to Britain's largest fleet.
U-47 sailed through Kirk Sound above water to avoid a barrier
of sunken hulks of ships, its conning tower cloaked in a
New Moon night.
The Grand Lady too old to keep up.
U-47 missed 4 before 3 hit in the amidship gut.
Royal Oak rolled over quickly and sank
taking with it 800 sailors trapped inside.
U-47 commander gets Berlin parade.
Captain Gunther Prien became a Nazi in 1933, the year Hitler
came to power.
Constant vigil for U-boats.
Germany needed to sink 700,000 tons a month to win
the war in 1940.
OVER EASY
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