Sentence examples for u boat was from inspiring English sources

He categorically states that (1 the 'Stock Force' fought with UB80 and not U98 as was stated in the brochure (2 the U boat was not completely destroyed but, despite serious damage, made it back to base.

"The first German U-boat was commissioned 29 June 1935.

For example, he reported that no German U-boat was in the vicinity of the " Athenia" when it was sunk.

Every ship or airplane that dropped a depth charge somewhere near a U-boat was apt to claim a kill.

Ships had to travel in convoys, because the risk of being torpedoed by a U-boat was much greater for a ship traveling alone.

In the Atlantic the principal German U-boat was the VII type, a relatively small but effective craft when properly employed.

The Imperial German Navy had been humbled by the combined might of the United States, Britain and France, but the much-feared U-boat was still a threat to Allied shipping.

The destruction of enemy shipping by German U-boats was a spectacular feature of both World Wars I and II.

The center of gravity in the deployment of U-boats was in the North Atlantic, where the protected convoys operated between England and America.

THE JONES ACT is a vestige of the post-World War I years, when the vulnerability of U.S. shipping to German U-boats was still fresh in the public's mind.

Since air cover for shipping could also be provided from the British Isles, from Canada, and from Iceland, the Atlantic space left open to the U-boats was reduced by May 1941 to a width of only 300 miles.