Franz Joseph Untersee was born in 1858.

U-boat was short for "Untersee", the German word for "Undersea"

It is a submarine. Spelled U-boat from the German Untersee (under the sea)

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I think you are referring to U-boats which is are submarines.

U-boat means untersee boten (undersea boat). They were German vessels.