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SM U-40
SM U-40 was a type U 31 u-boat built at the Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 200),
Ordered 12th of Jun 1912,
Laid down 3rd of Apr 1913,
Launched 22nd of Oct 1914 and
Commissioned 14th of Feb 1915.
From
14th of Feb 1915 to 23rd of Jun 1915 she was commanded by Gerhardt Fürbringer
and sailed with II Flotilla
On the 23rd of Jun 1915 the u-boat was torpedoed by HM Sub C24 in connection with decoy trawler Taranaki at 57.00N, 01.50W. with the loss of 29 of her crew with an unknown number of survivors.
There was another U 40 in World War Two.
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 9th Nov 1938 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 11th Feb 1939.
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