Submarine U-71

U-71

Country	Germany
Ship Class	Type VII-class Submarine
Builder	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft
Yard Number	618
Slip/Drydock Number	III
Ordered	25 Jan 1939
Laid Down	21 Dec 1939
Launched	31 Oct 1940
Commissioned	14 Dec 1940

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30 Nov 1941

Whitley bombers of No. 502 Squadron RAF based in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom attacked German submarines U-71 and U-563 with depth charges in the Atlantic Ocean, damaging U-71. This attack marked the first successful use of air-to-surface vessel radar.

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