A German submarine was called a U-boat which was short for Unterseeboot (undersea boat). The Kriegsmarine did not name the submarines, but simply numbered them (like U-47, for instance).
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They are still called Unterseeboot, or U-boot.
Underseaboat.
It is U - Boats
U-Boat was the name used by the Allies for German submarines particularly during WW2. U-Boat stood for Unterseeboot, the German for submarine. Unterseeboot was actually a general term for submarines.Answer: An undersea boat or submarine. Also can be known as a German Submarine.A U-Boat or "unter see boot" is the German name for a submarine.
German is. Submarine is not. "A German submarine surfaced in the North Sea."
the German "U-Boat".
The German name for a submarine - under sea boat.
Underseaboat.
The Dumbo Ship
The name U-boat was applied to German submarines.
The Allies referred to them to as U-boats a contraction of the translation of the German name for the vessels: Under sea boat or in German "Unterseeboot"
German submarine U-A was created in 1939.
Lusitania wasn't a German submarine, it was an American merchant ship that was sunk by German submarines.