U 101 (Navy)
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| Type : | VII B |
| Field Post Number : | M 15344 |
| Shipyard: | Krupp Germania shipyard in Kiel |
| Construction contract: | December 15, 1937 |
| Build number: | 594 |
| Keel laying: | March 31, 1939 |
| Launch: | January 13, 1940 |
| Commissioning: | March 11, 1940 |
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| Calls: | 10 activities |
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| Whereabouts: | Blasted on May 3, 1945 in Neustadt |
U 101 was a German submarine from Type VII B , which in World War II by the German navy was used.
history
The order for the boat was awarded to the Germania shipyard in Kiel on December 15, 1937 . The keel was laid on March 31, 1939, the launch on January 13, 1940, the commissioning under Lieutenant Fritz Frauenheim on March 11, 1940.
After its commissioning, the boat belonged to the 7th U-Flotilla in Kiel and St. Nazaire as a training and front boat until February 28, 1942 . From March 1, 1942 to March 31, 1942 it served as a training boat for the 26th U-Flotilla in Pillau and from April 1, 1942 to August 31, 1942 as a school boat for the 21st U-Flotilla . From September 1, 1942 to August 31, 1943 it was a training boat with the 24th U-Flotilla in Memel and from September 1, 1943 until it was decommissioned on October 21, 1943 with the 23rd U-Flotilla in Danzig . After being decommissioned, the U 101 served as a rifle range boat for the 3rd U Training Division until it was blown up on May 3, 1945.
Use statistics
U 101 ran out of ten operations, on which 23 ships with 118,529 GRT were sunk and two ships with 9,113 GRT were damaged.
First venture
The boat was launched on 29 April 1940 at 4.00 am from Kiel, and ran at 15:18 in the May 3, 1940 Trondheim one. It left Trondheim on May 5, 1940 at 7:30 p.m. and returned to Kiel on May 10, 1940 at 10:45 a.m. On this eleven-day transport company to Trondheim, ammunition , gasoline and an 8.8 cm gun were brought to Norway. No ships were sunk or damaged.
Second venture
The boat left Kiel on May 21, 1940 at midnight, and returned there on June 25, 1940 at 10:05 p.m. On this 36 day and 6,786 nm long journey into the Bay of Biscay , off Brest , the English Channel off Land's End , Cape Finisterre and west of Spain , seven ships with 42,022 GRT were sunk.
- May 30, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Stanhall ( Lage ) with 4,831 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7a torpedo . He had loaded 7,630 tons of sugar and 350 tons of onions and was on his way from Townsville to Liverpool . There was one dead and 36 survivors.
- May 31, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Orangemoor ( Lage ) with 5,775 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He had loaded 8,150 tons of iron ore and was on the way from Bona to Tyne . The ship belonged to convoy HGF-31 with 29 ships. There were 18 dead and 22 survivors.
- June 2, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Polycarp ( Lage ) with 3,577 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He had loaded 900 tons of cork , 500 tons of Brazil nuts , 80 tons of rubber and 50 tons of fur and was on the way from Pará to Heysham and Liverpool. There were no casualties, 43 survivors.
- June 11, 1940: sinking of the Greek steamer Mount Hymettus ( Lage ) with 5,820 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7a torpedo. He drove in ballast and was on his way from Bilbao to New York . There were no casualties, 24 survivors.
- June 12, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Earlspark ( Lage ) with 5,250 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He had loaded 7,500 tons of coal and was on his way from Sunderland to Bordeaux . There were seven dead and 31 survivors.
- June 14, 1940: sinking of the Greek steamer Antonis Georgandis ( Lage ) with 3,557 GRT. The steamer was sunk by 91 rounds of artillery . He had loaded corn and wheat and was on his way from Rosario to Limerick . It was a total loss.
- June 16, 1940: sinking of the British motor ship Wellington Star ( Lage ) with 13,212 GRT. The ship was sunk by a G7e torpedo and 31 rounds of artillery. It had frozen meat , grain and general cargo on its way from Sydney and Melbourne via Panama to Falmouth . There were no casualties, 69 survivors.
Third company
The boat was launched on 9 August 1940 at 16.00 from Kiel, and expired on September 16, 1940 at 19.00 in Lorient one. On this 38-day and 5,486 nm long undertaking in the North Atlantic and the North Canal , three ships with 12,311 GRT were sunk.
- August 19, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Ampleforth ( Lage ) with 4,576 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He was ballasted and on his way from Kingston upon Hull to Jacksonville . The ship was a straggler of Convoy OA-199 with 29 ships. There were nine dead and 29 survivors.
- August 28, 1940: sinking of the Finnish steamer Elle ( Lage ) with 3,868 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He had loaded wooden spools and was on his way from Campbellton (New Brunswick) to Ardrossa (Great Britain). The ship belonged to convoy SC-1. There were two dead and 27 survivors.
- September 1, 1940: sinking of the Greek steamer Efploia ( Lage ) with 3,867 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He was in ballast and was on his way from Liverpool to Father Point . The ship was a straggler of convoy OB-205. There were no losses.
Fourth venture
The boat left Lorient on October 5, 1940 at 6:30 p.m., and returned there on October 24, 1940 at 11:40 a.m. On this 19-day expedition to the North Atlantic, the Rockall Bank and the North Canal, four ships with 14,616 GRT were sunk and one ship with 4,155 GRT was damaged.
- October 12, 1940: sinking of the Canadian steamer Saint Malo ( Lage ) with 5,779 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7a torpedo. He had loaded 7,274 t of general cargo including steel and grain and was on the way to Liverpool. The ship was a straggler of convoy HX-77. There were 28 dead and 16 survivors.
- October 18, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Creekirk ( Lage ) with 3,971 GRT. The steamer was sunk by two G7e torpedoes. It had loaded 5,900 tons of iron ore and was on its way from Wabana ( Conception Bay ) via Sydney to Workington . The ship belonged to convoy SC-7 with 35 ships. It was a total loss with 36 dead.
- October 18, 1940: Damage to the British steamer Blairspey with 4,155 GRT. The steamer was damaged by a G7e torpedo. The ship belonged to convoy SC-7 with 35 ships. The steamer was torpedoed again by U 100 on October 19, 1940 . He ran aground on October 25, 1940 in Kames Bay and was a total loss.
- October 19, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Assyrian ( Lage ) with 2,962 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had 3,700 tons of grain and nine passengers on board, and was on the way from New Orleans via Sydney (Nova Scotia) to Liverpool. The ship belonged to convoy SC-7 with 35 ships. There were 17 dead and 31 survivors.
- October 19, 1940: sinking of the Dutch steamer Soesterberg ( Lage ) with 1,904 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded 2,370 m³ of pit wood and was on the way from Chatham (New Brunswick) to Kingston upon Hull. The ship belonged to convoy SC-7 with 35 ships. There were six dead.
Fifth venture
The boat left Lorient on November 24, 1940 at 1:00 p.m., and returned there on December 7, 1940 at 1:30 p.m. On this 13-day and 2,769 nm long undertaking in the North Atlantic, west of Ireland, four ships with 22,483 GRT were sunk and one ship with 4,958 GRT was damaged.
- November 30, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Aracataca with 5,378 GRT. The steamer was sunk by two G7e torpedoes. He had 1,600 tons of bananas and two passengers on board and was on the way from Port Antonio via Halifax to Avonmouth . The ship belonged to convoy HX-90 with 35 ships. There were 36 dead and 34 survivors.
- December 1, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Kavak ( Lage ) with 2,782 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7a torpedo. He had loaded 1,745 t of bauxite and 1,650 t of pitch and was on the way from Demerara via Halifax (Nova Scotia) to Newport . The ship belonged to convoy HX-90 with 35 ships. There were 25 dead and 16 survivors.
- December 1, 1940: Sinking of the British tanker Appalachee ( Lage ) with 8,826 GRT. The tanker was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He had loaded 11,706 tons of aviation fuel and was on the way from Baytown via Bermuda to Avonmouth. The ship belonged to convoy HX-90 with 35 ships. There were seven dead and 32 survivors.
- December 1, 1940: Damage to the British steamer Loch Ranza with 4,958 GRT. The ship was damaged by a torpedo. It had loaded wood and wheat and was en route from Bermuda to Swansea and belonged to convoy HX-90 with 35 ships. It reached Rothesay Bay in tow on December 9, 1940 , was repaired in Glasgow and sunk by Japanese planes in 1942.
- December 2, 1940: sinking of the British motor ship Lady Glanely ( Lage ) with 5,497 GRT. The ship was sunk by a G7e torpedo. It had loaded 2,000 t of wheat and 6,125 lumber and was on its way from Vancouver via Panama and Bermuda to London . It belonged to the HX-90 convoy with 35 ships. It was a total loss with 32 dead.
Sixth venture
The boat left Lorient on January 23, 1941 at 3:20 p.m., and returned there on February 19, 1941 at 12 p.m. On this 32-day and 5,065 nm long journey in the North Atlantic, southwest of Ireland, two ships with 10,699 GRT were sunk.
- February 14, 1941: sinking of the British steamer Holystone with 5,462 GRT. The steamer was sunk by two torpedoes. He drove in ballast (two passengers) and was on the way from Hull via Oban to Halifax (Nova Scotia). The ship belonged to convoy OB-284 with 35 ships. It was a total loss with 40 dead.
- February 17, 1941: sinking of the British steamer Gairsoppa ( Lage ) with 5,237 GRT. The steamer was sunk by two torpedoes. He had 2,600 tons of pig iron , 1,765 tons of tea , 2,369 tons of general cargo and silver bars worth 600,000 pounds on board and was on his way from Calcutta via Freetown to London. The ship was a straggler of Convoy SL-64 with 28 ships. There were 84 dead and one survivor.
Seventh venture
The boat left Lorient on March 24, 1941 at 5:00 p.m., and returned there on May 2, 1941 at 8:45 a.m. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 39-day and approximately 5,960 nm long journey into the North Atlantic.
Eighth venture
The boat left Lorient on May 28, 1941 at 8:30 p.m., and returned there on July 4, 1941 at 1:18 p.m. On this 37-day undertaking in the mid-Atlantic, two ships with 11,644 GRT were sunk.
- 4th June 1941: sinking of the British steamer Trecarrell ( Lage ) with 5,271 GRT. The steamer was sunk by two torpedoes and artillery. He was in ballast and was on his way from Hull to Father Point (New Brunswick). The ship belonged to the disbanded convoy OB-327 with 46 ships. There were four dead and 43 survivors.
- June 9, 1941: sinking of the British steamer Silverpalm ( Lage ) with 6,373 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He had 9,000 tons of general cargo and three passengers on board and was on the way from Calcutta (India) via Cape Town to Glasgow . It was a total loss with 68 dead.
Ninth venture
The boat left Lorient on August 7, 1941 at 7:00 p.m. and entered St. Nazaire on September 4, 1941 at 5:05 p.m. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 28-day and 4,653-nm long journey into the North Atlantic.
Tenth venture
The boat left St. Nazaire on October 4, 1941 at 16:40 and returned there on October 6, 1941 due to a defect in the group listening device . It left St. Nazaire again on October 11, 1941 at 7:23 p.m., and arrived in Kiel on November 16, 1941 at 10.30 a.m. On this 42-day venture into the North Atlantic, a destroyer with 1,190 t was sunk. U 101 belonged to the group with the code name "Reisswolf".
- October 18, 1941: Sinking of the British destroyer HMS Broadwater ( Lage ) with 1,190 t. The destroyer was attacked with a fan shot from four torpedoes, of which at least one hit.
Whereabouts
The boat was beached on May 3, 1945 in the Neustadt harbor area after being hit by a rocket by four Hawker Typhoon aircraft of British Squadron 175 and was blown up by itself.
literature
- Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 1: The Hunters. 1939-1942. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X .
- Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
- Robert M. Browning Jr .: US Merchant Vessel War casualties of World War II. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD 1996, ISBN 1-55750-087-8 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
- Erich Gröner : Die Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 and supplement 1944. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4 (reprint of the 1942–1943 edition).
- Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names (= The merchant fleets of the world. Supplementary volume). JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2 (reprint of the 1943 edition).
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
- Alan J. Tennent: British and Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses. To Axis Submarines 1939-1945. Sutton Publishing Limited, Stroud 2001, ISBN 0-7509-2760-7 .
See also
Web links
- u-bootarchiv.de , a detailed site about German submarines (German)
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