u-47's

Updated: June 26, 2025

At their feet the narrow grey submarine lies alongside, straining a little at her cables. "Well, we've our orders at last," begins the commander, addressing his crew of thirty, and the crew grin. For this is U-47's first experience of active service. She has done nothing save trial trips hitherto, and has just been overhauled for her first fighting cruise.

Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot - Aircraft and Submarines: The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day: Uses of War's Newest Weapons