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Type IX C-40 Feldpost Nr M 49 163 Hull # 1077 U-869 was ordered on August 25th 1941, by the OKM (Naval High Command), order # KIUc 12110/41G, as part of the seventh wartime contract series. The keel was laid on April 5th 1943 at the Deschimag AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, and the partially completed boat launched on October Continue Readinghttps://www.u869.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/11/37-mm-quick-firing-gun-2.jpg244360