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German submarine U-42 was a Type IXA U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. U-42 was ordered by the Kriegsmarine in November 1936. Her keel was laid down in December 1937; she was launched in February 1939 and commissioned in July 1939. U-42 had a very short career, being sunk while still on her first war patrol. During her service with the Kriegsmarine, the boat conducted only one training patrol and one war patrol. Over the latter she damaged one enemy vessel of . Both her patrols were as part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla.

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  • German submarine U-42 (1939)
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  • German submarine U-42 was a Type IXA U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. U-42 was ordered by the Kriegsmarine in November 1936. Her keel was laid down in December 1937; she was launched in February 1939 and commissioned in July 1939. U-42 had a very short career, being sunk while still on her first war patrol. During her service with the Kriegsmarine, the boat conducted only one training patrol and one war patrol. Over the latter she damaged one enemy vessel of . Both her patrols were as part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla.
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  • U-37, at Lorient in 1940
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  • German submarine U-42 was a Type IXA U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. U-42 was ordered by the Kriegsmarine in November 1936. Her keel was laid down in December 1937; she was launched in February 1939 and commissioned in July 1939. U-42 had a very short career, being sunk while still on her first war patrol. During her service with the Kriegsmarine, the boat conducted only one training patrol and one war patrol. Over the latter she damaged one enemy vessel of . Both her patrols were as part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla. U-42 was sunk southwest of Ireland on 13 October 1939. Out of a crew of 46, 20 survived and 26 went down with the submarine.
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