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Unterseeboot 70 or U-70 was a Type VIIC German World War II submarine commissioned on 23 November 1940 and served with 7. Unterseebootsflottille (U-Boat Flotilla) from 23 November 1940 until she was sunk. U-70 completed one patrol and sank one ship totalling 820 Gross Registered Tonnage or GRT and damaged three ships totalling 20,484 GRT. U-70 was sunk on 7 March 1941 southeast of Iceland by British Corvettes HMS Camellia and HMS Arbutus.
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- Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
