German submarine U-29 (1936)
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For other ships with the same name, see German submarine U-29.
German submarine U-29 was a Type VIIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
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Name | U-29 |
Ordered | 1 April 1935 |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen |
Cost | 4,189,000 Reichsmark |
Yard number | 910 |
Laid down | 2 January 1936 |
Launched | 29 August 1936 |
Commissioned | 16 November 1936 |
Decommissioned | 17 April 1944 |
Fate | Scuttled in Kupfermühlen Bay on 5 May 1945 |
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Class and type | Type VIIA submarine |
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Height | 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | Gruppenhorchgerät |
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Identification codes: | M 10 220 |
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She was laid down on 2 January 1936, launched on 29 August and commissioned on 10 November. During her career U-29 was involved in seven war patrols under the command of Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart.