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The U-952 German VII-C class submarine
L' U-952 era un sommergibile Tedesco della diffusa e versatile Classe VII-C: fu costruito e varato ad Amburgo nei cantieri Blohm und Voss nel corso del 1942.. . The submarines of the VII-C class were 67.10m long; displacement 769 tons (surfaced) 871 tons (submerged); max speed 17.7kn (surfaced) 7.5kn (submerged); five 533mm torpedo launchers; one 88mm gun, plus one or two 20mm or one 37mm machine gun. They were designed to dive down to -220m. I sommergibili della Classe VII-C erano lunghi 67.10m; dislocamento 769 tonnellate (in emersione) e 871 tonnellate (in immersione); velocità massima 17.7 nodi (in emersione) e 7.5 nodi (in immersione); erano armati con cinque tubi lanciasiluri da 533mm e di un cannone da 88mm, più una o due mitragliere da 12.7mm o un cannone da 37mm; erano progettati per potersi immergere fino a -220m The U-952 sank three enemy ships in five missions. L' U-952 affondò tre navi nemiche in cinque missioni. On August 6,
1944, she was in the most important Mediterranean base for German
submarines, Toulon harbour. Il 6 Agosto
1944 si trovava nella principale base di sommergibili Tedeschi in
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The U-952
was one of the successiful VII-C class German submarines: she was built
and launched in Hamburg by Blohm und Voss during 1942.
