German submarine U-51 (1938)
U-52, a typical Type VIIB boat | |
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| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-51 |
| Ordered | 21 November 1936 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft AG, Kiel |
| Cost | 4,439,000 Reichsmark |
| Yard number | 586 |
| Laid down | 26 February 1937 |
| Launched | 11 June 1938 |
| Commissioned | 6 August 1938 |
| Fate | Sunk by submarine HMS Cachalot in the Bay of Biscay, 20 August 1940 |
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| Class & type | Type VIIB U-boat |
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| Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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| Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
| Sensors & processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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| Identification codes: | M 05 671 |
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German submarine U-51 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. She was ordered on 21 November 1936 and laid down on 26 February 1937 in Kiel. She was launched on 11 June 1938 and commissioned on 6 August 1938.
During her service in the Kriegsmarine, U-51 conducted four war patrols and sank five enemy vessels for a loss of 26,296 gross register tons (GRT) and one auxiliary warship of 4,724 GRT. She was a member of one wolfpack.
She was sunk on 20 August 1940 in the Bay of Biscay by a torpedo from a British submarine.