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Wilhelm Bauer

U-Boot Begleitschiff 1940 -1945  Wilhlem Bauer  Class

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Wilhelm Bauer 1940


With their size of over 5000 ts, the three fleet tenders of the Wilhelm Bauer class were the largest ships of their kind in the German Kriegsmarine. In 1936 a class of eight new large escorts ships was planned to support the growing U-Boat fleet. Four of those ships were started to build at the Kriegsmarine Shipyard in Kiel, but only three of them were completed.

The first, Wilhelm Bauer , was laid down in August 1937, launched in December 1938 and commisioned in April 1940. In April 1945, the ships was sunk by bombs in shallow water.


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