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What does U-boat mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word U-boat? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.
  2. A narrow, utility cart with tall handles on both ends that is used to carry loads of retail products to be sold.
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The Royal Oak, a Royal Navy flagship, was sunk by a German U-boat in Scapa Flow off Orkney near the start of the second world war.
It was torpedoed by a German U-boat towards the end of World War Two.
The U-boat crew grimly stalked its prey under rather less opulent living conditions.
In his book, he raises the possibility that a German spy, based in Scotland, may have helped lead the U-boat into Scapa Flow.
There was a procession to St Margaret's Church for a special service of prayer for the men fighting the U-boat menace on the high seas.
The warship, sunk by a German U-boat in 1939 with the loss of 833 lives, is a designated war grave.

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