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German submarine U-68 was a Type IXC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 20 April 1940 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen as 'werk' 987, launched on 22 October and commissioned on 1 January 1941 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Karl-Friedrich Merten as part of the 2. Unterseebootsflottille. U-68 conducted ten combat patrols, sinking 32 merchant ships, for a total of ; she also sank one auxiliary warship of 545 GRT. She was a member of one wolfpack.

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  • German submarine U-68 (1940)
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  • German submarine U-68 was a Type IXC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 20 April 1940 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen as 'werk' 987, launched on 22 October and commissioned on 1 January 1941 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Karl-Friedrich Merten as part of the 2. Unterseebootsflottille. U-68 conducted ten combat patrols, sinking 32 merchant ships, for a total of ; she also sank one auxiliary warship of 545 GRT. She was a member of one wolfpack.
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  • German submarine U-68 was a Type IXC U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 20 April 1940 at the AG Weser yard at Bremen as 'werk' 987, launched on 22 October and commissioned on 1 January 1941 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Karl-Friedrich Merten as part of the 2. Unterseebootsflottille. U-68 conducted ten combat patrols, sinking 32 merchant ships, for a total of ; she also sank one auxiliary warship of 545 GRT. She was a member of one wolfpack. On 10 April 1944, during her tenth patrol, she was sunk northwest of Madeira by US aircraft from the escort carrier Guadalcanal.
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