page_title: German submarine U-40 (1938)
hierarchical_section_title: German submarine U-40 (1938)
caption_attribution_description: Title: Lorient, U-37&#160; Extra information: Frankreich, Lorient.- U-Boot U 37 im Dock For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged separately from the original description. Additionally errors can be reported at this page to inform the Bundesarchiv. Alemannisch&#160;| Boarisch&#160;| Беларуская&#160;| Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| Català&#160;| Česky&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| Español&#160;| Suomi&#160;| Français&#160;| हिन्दी&#160;| Hrvatski&#160;| Magyar&#160;| Italiano&#160;| 한국어&#160;| Македонски&#160;| Plattdüütsch&#160;| Polski&#160;| Português&#160;| Română&#160;| Русский&#160;| Slovenčina&#160;| Slovenščina&#160;| Svenska&#160;| Українська&#160;| 中文（简体）&#160;| 中文（繁體）&#160;| +/− Original historic description:
context_page_description: German submarine U-40 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II.
  U-40 was built in Bremen by DeSchiMAG AG Weser as yard number 945. She was launched in November 1938 and commissioned in February 1939.
  U-40 conducted two war patrols during her career. Both of which were part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla. During her short time in the war, she sank no ships.
  U-40 was sunk on 13 October 1939 by a mine in the English Channel.
context_section_description: German submarine U-40 was a Type IXA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II.
  U-40 was built in Bremen by DeSchiMAG AG Weser as yard number 945. She was launched in November 1938 and commissioned in February 1939.
  U-40 conducted two war patrols during her career. Both of which were part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla. During her short time in the war, she sank no ships.
  U-40 was sunk on 13 October 1939 by a mine in the English Channel.
caption: U-37, (an identical U-boat to U-40) at Lorient in 1940
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