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Unterseeboot 217 or U-217 was a German World War II Type VIID submarine commissioned on 31 January 1942. U-217 served with 9. Unterseebootsflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) from 1 August 1942 until she was sunk. U-217 completed three patrols and sunk three ships totalling 10,651 Gross Registered Tonnage. U-217 was sunk on 5 June 1943 in the mid-Atlantic with all hands on deck, by depth charges dropped by Grumman TBF Avengers from the escort carrier USS Bogue.
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- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
