SM U-87
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SM U-87 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-87 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. She sank some 22 merchant vessels before 25 December 1917, when HMS Buttercup rammed U-87 in the Irish Sea and depth-charged her. Then the P-class sloop P.56 sank her. U-87's entire crew of 44 were lost.
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beam 6.2 metre, length 65.8 metre, draft 3.88 metre,
Imperial German Navy, Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft,
Location: 52.9333, -5.1167, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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ship launching
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keel laying
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