page_title: German submarine U-81 (1941)
section_title: Raiding history
hierarchical_section_title: German submarine U-81 (1941) / Raiding history
caption_attribution_description: IWM caption&#160;: HMS LEGION moves alongside the damaged and listing HMS ARK ROYAL in order to take off survivors. The aircraft carrier was torpedoed by the German U-boat U 81 off Gibraltar. HMS ARK ROYAL sank the following day.
context_page_description: German submarine U-81 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the navy of Nazi Germany during World War II, famous for sinking the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.
context_section_description: * Sailing vessel
caption: HMS Legion moves alongside the damaged and listing HMS Ark Royal to take off survivors
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