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U 47 Modifications & Colours

(C) Refit and repair dates summary

19/09/39
Kiel

16/09/39 to 02/10/39
Germaniawerft (dry-docked between 26/09/39 and 28/09/39)

21/10/39 to 23/10/39
Germaniawerft

24/10/39 to 13/11/39
Germaniawerft (dry-docked between 01/11/39 and 08/11/39)

12/39 to 02/40
Germaniawerft (dry-docked in DWK Dock XI in January and February 1940)

08/03/40 and 09/03/40
Wilhelmshaven

30/03/40 to 01/04/40
Dry-docked in dock II of Wilhelmshaven’s Westwerft shipyards

29/04/40 to 31/05/40
Germaniawerft (dry-docked between 09/05/40 and 15/05/40)

08/07/40 to 20/08/40
Germaniawerft (dry-docked between 26/07/40 and 08/08/40)

27/09/40 to 14/10/40
Marinewerft (dry-docked between 04/10/40 and 09/10/40)

Late October 1940
Marinewerft

07/12/40 to 19/02/41
Marinewerft

Primary sources

War diaries (Kriegstagebuch or KTB) of U 47 (NARA T1022/2970 and T1022/2971). March 1940, November 1941 and July 1944 editions of Allegemeine Baubestimmungen Nr.31 (building regulations form Nr. 31). Image Sources
Editor note:The names here listed are directly associated with the file name, not seen in the layout. Only when you copy or see the image properties you will know which is which.
A05 (Landser 891)
E06 (Unknown)
I04 (Stier, Phantom, Landser 784, Miller)
I09 (Breyer)
L04 (Phantom)
H08 (Landser 891)
P01 (Admiral cover)
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R21 (U-Boat War DVD)
R23 (Landser 891)
R24 (Snyder)
V03 (Admiral, Landser 891)
V06 (Admiral, Landser 784, Schiffer)
T05 J05 (Verdammter, Phantom)
K01 (Phantom, Admiral)
Admiral
Alman, Karl. Günther Prien: Der Wolf Und Sein Admiral. Druffel Verlag, 1981.
Breyer
Breyer, Siegfried and Koop, Gerhard. The German Navy At War 1935-1945 Volume 2: The U-Boat. Schiffer Military History.
Landser 784
Alman, Karl. Der Landser Nr.784 - Günther Prien: Der Legendäre Kommandant von U 47.
Landser 891
Busch, R. and Röll, H.J.. Der Landser Nr.891 - Günther Prien: Die Feindfahrten des legendärn U-Boot-Kommandanten.
Miller
Miller, David. U-Boats: The Illustrated History Of The Raiders Of The Deep. Pegasus Publishing Ltd., 2000.
Phantom
Korganoff, Alexandre. The Phantom Of Scapa Flow. Ian Allan Ltd., 1974.
Schiffer
Nowarra, Heinz J.. German U-Boat Type VII: Grey Wolves Of The Sea. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1992.
Snyder
Snyder, Gerald S.. The Royal Oak Disaster. Presidio Press, 1976.
Stier
Frank, Wolfgang. Der Stier Von Scapa Flow. Gerhard Stalling Verlag, 1958.
Trojca Hardback
Trojca, Waldemar. Ubootwaffe, Marine-Kleinkampfverbände 1939-1945. Model Hobby, 2004.
Trojca Pictorial
Trojca, Waldemar. U-Boote Typ II, VII, IX. Model Hobby, 2004.
U-Boat War DVD
U-Boat War (PEG DVD 1004). Pegasus, 2001.
Ubootwaffe Part 4
Trojca, Waldemar. Ubootwaffe 1939-1945 Cz.4 (Encyklopedia Okretow Wojennych Number 13). AJ-Press, 1999.
Verdammter
Herlin, Hans. Verdammter Atlantik: Sclicksale deutscher U-Boot-Fahrer. Verlegt Bei Kaiser, 1960.