• German submarine U-559 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Laid down on 1 February 1940 at the...
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  • and code documents from U-110, U-559 and the U.S. Navy's capture of U-505. In 2006, screenwriter David Ayer admitted that U-571 had distorted history...
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    advantage was lost until the new code was broken in October 1942, when U-559 was boarded as she was sinking, and crucial code books were salvaged. From...
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    A U-Boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505.[citation needed] German submarine U-110 (1940) German submarine U-570, later HMS Graph German submarine U-559 German...
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    three Axis navies: the German U-559, the Italian Uarsciek and the Japanese I-27. Members of the ship's crew recovered from U-559 a new, four-wheel Enigma cypher...
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    was powered by two AEG GU 460/8-276 (except in U-45, U-46, U-49, U-51, U-52, U-54, U-73 to U-76, U-99 and U-100, which retained the BBC motor of the VIIA)...
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    Mediterranean during World War II. The sloop was torpedoed by the German submarine U-559 on 27 November 1941, and sank with 138 of the 162 aboard. Parramatta was...
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  • Grazier did drown while attempting to retrieve electrical equipment from a U-boat U-559 (which Cave describes as its four-rotor enigma) on 30 October 1942, while...
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    München and Lauenburg and the submarines U-110 and U-559. Despite the introduction of the 4-rotor Enigma for Atlantic U-boats, the analysis of traffic enciphered...
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    submarine (which was German U-boat U-559). HMS Petard, assisted by Wellesley aircraft of No. 47 Squadron, located the U-boat and attacked with depth...
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