


U-34
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Type VII-class Submarine |
Builder | Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft |
Yard Number | 557 |
Ordered | 25 Mar 1935 |
Laid Down | 15 Oct 1935 |
Launched | 17 Jul 1936 |
Commissioned | 12 Sep 1936 |
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15 Jul 1940 | German submarine U-34 sank neutral Greek ship Evdoxia with a G7a torpedo amidships 40 miles southwest of Ireland at 0321 hours; 1 was killed and 22 survived. The torpedo used was the last torpedo aboard U-34. The survivors were later landed at Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. |
17 Jul 1940 | German submarine U-34 sank 3,531-ton Greek cargo ship Naftilos (built in 1904 and owned by D. J. Goulandris; en route from San Nicolas for Dublin, Ireland with 5,801 tons of grain) with gunfire south of Ireland at 0110 hours. All 28 abandoned the ship, but 1 of them would later die of wounds suffered during this attack. |
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