U-boat
- a German submarine.
Origin of U-boat
Examples from the Web for u-boat
Contemporary Examples of u-boat
Prominent among those struggles was the battle of the Atlantic, waged against the U-boat menace.
I suspect that the production stopped short of plagiarism, but it probably sailed very close to the U-boat.
He died in 1941, just 35, after a German U-Boat torpedoed the ship on which he was sailing as a BBC correspondent to Cairo.
The Grand Tour in Style: Robert Byron’s ‘Europe in the Looking-Glass’Malcolm Forbes
November 16, 2012
If he spotted a U-boat, not only would he call for backup, he wanted to attack the sub himself.
Historical Examples of u-boat
Then a large U-boat came boldly to the surface and opened fire.
Submarine Warfare of To-dayCharles W. Domville-Fife
His U-boat was sinking fast; though by no agency from within.
Where the Souls of Men are CallingCredo Harris
I wished to cruise with the American destroyers in their U-boat operations.
The U-boat huntersJames B. Connolly
There was that one which was of the first to cross over for the U-boat hunting game.
The U-boat huntersJames B. Connolly
The U-boat man with nerve enough to attack a destroyer is a good one.
The U-boat huntersJames B. Connolly
U-boat
- a German submarine, esp in World Wars I and II
Word Origin for U-boat
Word Origin and History for u-boat
U-boat
1916 (said to have been in use from 1913), partial translation of German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot, literally "undersea boat."