U 1009
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 U 1009 entering Loch Eriboll on the Scottish north coast |
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | M 55 087 |
| Shipyard: | Blohm & Voss in Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | March 23, 1942 |
| Keel laying: | February 24, 1943 |
| Launch: | January 5, 1944 |
| Commissioning: | January 5, 1944 |
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| Calls: | 2 patrols |
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| Whereabouts: | capitulated on May 8, 1945 |
U 1009 was a German type VII C submarine , a so-called "Atlantic boat ", which was used by the navy during World War II .
Technical specifications
A Type VII C-boat, driven by two diesel engines, reached a speed of 17 knots when traveling above water , had a maximum range of 6500 nm and could make 7.8 knots under water with the help of the two electric motors, with a maximum range of 80 nm .
Commanders
- February 10, 1944 to May 8, 1945 Oblt.zSdR Klaus Hilgendorf
- November 28, 1944 to February 8, 1945 Oblt.zS Dietrich Zehle (deputy)
Commitment and history
The submarine was part of the 31st U-Flotilla (Hamburg) as a training boat from February 10, 1944 to October 31, 1944 and was used as a front boat in the 11th U-Flotilla (Bergen) from November 1, 1944.
Relocation trip - U 1009 left Kiel on October 12, 1944 and entered Horten on October 14, 1944. Other trips were:
- October 22, 1944 - leaked from Horten.
- October 23, 1944 - arrived in Kristiansand.
- October 27, 1944 - left Kristiansand.
- October 28, 1944 - entered Horten.
- November 17, 1944 - leaked from Horten.
- November 19, 1944 - arrived in Kristiansand.
- 20 November 1944 - left Kristiansand.
- November 20, 1944 - arrived in Egersund.
- November 26, 1944 - left Egersund.
- November 27, 1944 - arrived in Bergen.
On November 28, 1944, the first patrol began under Oblt.zS Dietrich Zehle . The area of operation was the North Atlantic, north of Scotland. The patrol ended on February 8, 1945 with the arrival of U 1009 in Trondheim .
During this period, U 1009 made the following trips:
- November 28, 1944 - left Bergen.
- December 3, 1944 - arrived in Bergen.
- December 11, 1944 - left Bergen.
- February 8, 1945 - arrived in Trondheim.
The 2nd patrol (under Oblt.zSdR Klaus Hilgendorf ) began on March 29, 1945. U 1009 ran out of Trondheim and was used as a weather boat in the North Atlantic.
U 1009 capitulated on May 8, 1945 and entered Loch Eriboll on the north coast of Scotland on May 10, 1945 .
The boat was towed on December 15, 1945 by the British destroyer escort HMS Mendip (L.60) to the position of Operation Deadlight and sunk on December 16, 1945 at 9:28 a.m. in the North Atlantic northwest of Ireland by artillery from the British destroyer HMS Onslow .
literature
- Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .