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The maps available are shown as boxes on this one.</p> <br> <table class="width450" align="center"> <tr> <td class="width150"> <a href="baltic_sea.htm">Baltic Sea</a><br> <a href="barents.htm">Barents Sea</a><br> <a href="black_sea.htm">Black Sea</a><br> <a href="channel.htm">English Channel</a><br> <a href="irish_sea.htm">Irish Sea</a><br> <a href="biscay.htm">Bay of Biscay</a> </td> <td class="width150"> <a href="north_sea.htm">North Sea</a><br> <a href="kattegat.htm">Kattegat</a><br> <a href="us_east_coast.htm">US East Coast</a><br> <a href="cape_hatteras.htm">Cape Hatteras</a><br> <a href="gibraltar.htm">Straits of Gibraltar</a><br> <a href="cape_verde.htm">Cape Verde</a> </td> <td class="width150"> <a href="caribbean.htm">Caribbean</a><br> <a href="south_atlantic.htm">South Atlantic</a><br> <a href="cape_farewell.htm">Cape Farewell</a><br> <a href="canaries.htm">Canary Islands</a><br> <a href="mediterranean.htm">The Mediterranean</a><br> </td> </tr></table> <p align="center"><a href="indian_ocean.htm">Indian Ocean</a></p> <h3>Additional maps</h3> <ul> <li>The <a href="grid.html">Kriegsmarine Grid system</a></li> <li><a href="/fates/deadlight_map.htm">Operation Deadlight</a> (post-war scuttling of U-boats)</li> <li><a href="piening-route.htm">The Piening-Route</a></li> <li><a href="/technical/shipyards/">U-boat shipyards</a></li> <li>U-boats <a href="/fates/at-sea.htm">at sea on 4 May 1945</a> (cease-fire orders)</li> </ul> <h3>Fate maps</h3> <ul> <li>U-boat <a href="/fates/dive/">dive sites</a> (new)</li> <li>U-boat <a href="/fates/losses/">losses by year</a> (see all losses per year)</li> <li>U-boat <a href="/maps/channel.htm">losses during D-Day landings</a></li> <li>U-boat <a href="/fates/may43.htm">losses in May 1943</a></li> <li>U-boat <a href="/fates/surrendered.htm">surrenders at end of WWII</a></li> <li>U-boats <a href="/fates/after-dl.htm">after World War Two</a> (new)</li> <li>U-boats <a href="/fates/bombed.htm">bombed in harbour</a></li> <li>U-boats <a href="/fates/sub-sunk.htm">sunk by Allied submarines</a></li> <li>U-boats <a href="/fates/discovered.html">discovered since their loss</a></li> <li>U-boats <a href="/fates/missing.htm">missing in action</a></li> <li>U-boats <a href="/fates/sub-sunk.htm">sunk by Allied sumarines</a></li> <li><a href="/boats/u869.htm">The loss of U-869</a></li> </ul> <h3>World War One maps</h3> <ul> <li>U-boat <a href="/wwi/fates/">fates 1914-1918</a></li> <li>U-boats <a href="/wwi/fates/discovered.html"> discovered since their loss</a> (new)</li> <li>U-boat <a href="/wwi/types/shipyards.html">shipyards during WWI</a></li> <li><a href="/wwi/ships_hit/losses_year.html">Allied ship losses by month</a></li> </ul> <map name="maps" id="maps"> <area shape="rect" coords="147,113,251,188" href="cape_farewell.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="270,285,331,328" href="canaries.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="247,349,306,394" href="cape_verde.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="19,352,125,401" href="caribbean.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="417,1,530,104" href="barents.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="330,192,373,214" href="channel.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="352,133,394,188" href="north_sea.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="328,161,347,188" href="irish_sea.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="397,134,412,172" href="kattegat.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="140,328,243,404" href="south_atlantic.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="465,217,528,255" href="black_sea.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="419,128,483,181" href="baltic_sea.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="18,208,122,340" href="us_east_coast.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="314,218,356,247" href="biscay.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="319,271,339,284" href="gibraltar.htm" alt="" /> <area shape="rect" coords="339,224,504,310" href="mediterranean.htm" alt="" /> </map>  <p><br></p> </div>  <div id="footer"> <div id="footer_navcontainer"> <ul id="footer_navlist"> <li><a href="/" title="Front page">Front page</a></li> <li><a href="/about/" title="About uboat.net">About</a></li> <li><a href="/about/contact.htm" title="Contact us">Contact us</a></li> <li><a href="/special/faq.htm" title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/glossary.htm" title="Glossary pages">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/new.htm" title="What's new at uboat.net">What's new</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footer_copyright">  © 1995 - 2025 Guðmundur Helgason </div> </div>  </div>  </body></html>

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