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She sank six merchant ships and one warship, a total of almost 37,000 gross register tons (GRT) over four patrols. On 9 December U-557 sailed on her fourth and last patrol, into the eastern Mediterranean. In company with the Italian submarine Dagabur, on the night of 14/15 December 1941 she encountered the British light cruiser HMS Galatea. ................
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