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During the war the U-boats sank about 2,779 ships for a total of 14.1 million tons GRT. This figure is roughly 70% of all allied shipping losses in all theatres of the war and to all hostile action. The most successful year was 1942 when over 6 million tons of shipping were sunk in the Atlantic.

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about 146 at their peak {| ! align="left" | Location ! Avg # of U-boats ! align="left" | Emden | 25 ! align="left" | Ostend | 23 ! align="left" | Pola | 22 ! align="left" | Wilhelmshaven | 22 ! align="left" | Libau | 9 ! align="left" | Constantinople | 3 |}

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12,547 were sunk around 1500 were out of action

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they sank alot of U-boats until CANADaINs invented radar and could kill the u-boats

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Through the years of WW 1, 360 U-Boats were put into service.

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Including operational losses, about 217.

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How many boats went vs. the Spanish Armada?

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5421

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