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German submarine U-691

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History
Nazi Germany
NameU-691
Ordered2 April 1942
BuilderHowaldtswerke, Hamburg
Yard number840
Fate
  • Contract suspended on 30 September 1943
  • Cancelled on 22 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeType VIIC/41 submarine

German submarine U-691 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her construction by Howaldtswerke of Hamburg was ordered on 2 April 1942, suspended on 30 September 1943, and cancelled on 22 July 1944.[1] The new Elektro Boat XXI design had made the Type VIIs obsolete.

In fiction

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Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon includes a fictitious U-691, a Type IXD/42, launched at Wilhelmshaven on 19 September 1940 (four years before IXD/42s were actually developed) and fitted with an experimental schnorkel.

References

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  1. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "U-691". German U-boats of WWII – uboat.net. Retrieved 17 February 2010.

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