What were German U-boats?

Question

What were German U-boats?

Answer 1

Submarines.

Answer 2

Check out this site: http://www.uboat.net/

Answer 3

Unterseeboot  which literally means "undersea boat" (submarine).  The correct title of the movie is "Das Boot" (The Boat).  Good luck!

Answer 4

Submarines - Unterseeboot

translated = Undersea Boat

Answer 5

German submarines used during WW2

Answer 6

Most people would answer that they were submarines.  Not so--while the first true submarines were U-boats, the 'classic' fleet U-boat [type VII] was a submersible.  That is, they were designed to operate on the surface primarily, and only dive for concealment to attack or escape the enemy.  

Early U-boats could only dive for only a few hours and not deep enough to always avoid depth charges.  Their range was also limited, so they required bases and tankers for refuelling.  Bigger, oceangoing U-boats [type IX] could stay at sea, and even attack the east coast of North America.

The first true submarines were the type VIID-2 U-boats built with reinforced hulls of high-tensile steel and equipped with the schnorkel--a breathing apparatus which allowed the U-boat to operate submerged [at periscope depth] using diesel engines.

These were followed by '-2' versions of the type IX, and finally by the type XXI, which was to become the prototype for nearly all post-war non-nuclear submarines [on BOTH sides of the "Iron Curtain"]

There was much promise in the Walther hydrogen-peroxide engine, which reportedly powered a small experimental U-boat at speeds higher than 25 knots submerged.  Much of the technology fell into the hands of the Russians after WW II, and although the British obtained a hydrogen peroxide powered U-boat, the development of the technology was overshadowed by the building of the first nuclear submarines by the United States.

Answer 7

Watch the movie "Das Boat" it is great and will show you life on the U boat.

Answer 8

They were submarines. U as in Untervaterbotten (find someone who speaks German to get better.  U as part of their number, like U-505 which was captured by Americans to get code books and is now in Chicago at Science Museum.

Answer 9

they are German submarines most commonly referred to as U-boats back in WWII.

Answer 10

german submarines that were used very effectively in WW2 in the atlantic

Answer 11

submarines....they were identified by their numerical markings on the towers.  ex:U-32

Answer 12

yep