German submarine U-691
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| History | |
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 Nazi Germany |
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| Name: | U-691 |
| Ordered: | 2 April 1942 |
| Builder: | Howaldtswerke, Hamburg |
| Yard number: | 840 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Type 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
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.
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