U-boat

Examples

• All

• A volley of U-boat torpedoes ended his life along with 90 other men.

  Blog text (4)

• All those U-boats are only 20, 30 minutes away.

  The Imitation Game (2014)

• The U-boats know exactly where and when to strike.

  The Sea Wolves (1980)

• By the end of September, Germany had twelve U-boats in its fleet and another sixteen under construction.

  Academic text (1999)

• To neutralize the German U-boats in the North Atlantic.

  The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

• My great-grandfather, A.C. Troeleman, was the captain of the S.S. Arundo when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat.

  Blog text (31)

• During the war, U-boats patrolled here, and the wreck of one, full of the dead, washed onto the rocks north of La Galite and stayed through four tides before the waves reclaimed it.

  Fiction book (2002)

• By 1941, the German navy had deployed over a hundred U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean.

• The wreck of a German U-boat was discovered off the coast of Ireland in 2018.

Synonyms

S

submarine

vsU-boat

191 4.2

A warship that travels underwater and carries torpedoes

is the German wartime example rather than the general underwater warship

S

sub

vsU-boat

• Informal

133 5.8

A ship that travels under water, often used by the navy

is the German military type used especially during the First and Second World Wars

A

attack submarine

vsU-boat

• Specialized

2 5.5

A military ship that travels under water to find and destroy enemy ships

is the German wartime type rather than a role-specific modern vessel

P

pigboat

vsU-boat

• Archaic

9.9

A small early submarine used in war and often armed with torpedoes

is the German military model used specifically during the First and Second World Wars

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology