German submarine U-34 (1936)
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-34.
German submarine U-34 was a Type VIIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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U-33, a typical Type VIIA boat | |
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Name | U-34 |
Ordered | 25 March 1935 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Cost | 4,189,000 Reichsmark |
Yard number | 557 |
Laid down | 15 September 1935 |
Launched | 17 July 1936 |
Commissioned | 12 September 1936 |
Fate | Sunk, 5 August 1943 |
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Class and type | Type VIIA submarine |
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Height | 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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Identification codes: | M 15 983 |
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She was laid down in September 1935, launched in July 1936 and commissioned in September.
U-34 and sister boat U-33 took part in Operation Ursula during the Spanish Civil War, with U-34 becoming the first German submarine to sink another vessel since the end of World War I in 1918. During World War II the boat carried out seven patrols, sinking 22 ships and capturing two more. She was sunk in a collision in the Baltic in August 1943.