U 122 (Navy)

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U 122 (Kriegsmarine)
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Type : IX B
Field Post Number : M-12 650
Shipyard: AG Weser , Bremen
Construction contract: December 15, 1937
Build number: 954
Keel laying: March 5, 1939
Launch: December 20, 1939
Commissioning: March 30, 1940
Commanders:

March 30, 1940 - June 22, 1940
Corvette Captain Hans-Günther Looff

Calls: 2 activities
Sinkings:

1 ship (5,911 GRT)

Whereabouts: Lost between the North Sea and Biscaya since June 22, 1940

U 122 was a submarine of type IX B , which in World War II by the German navy was used.

history

The order for the boat was awarded to Deschimag / AG Weser , Bremen on December 15, 1937 . The keel was laid on March 5, 1939, the launch on December 20, 1939, the commissioning under Corvette Captain Hans-Günther Looff finally took place on March 30, 1940.

The boat belonged from the commissioning on March 30, 1940 to May 31, 1940 as a training boat for the 2nd U-Flotilla in Wilhelmshaven . After training, U 122 belonged to the 2nd U-Flotilla in Wilhelmshaven as a front boat from June 1, 1940 to June 22, 1940.

U 122 ran out during its service time on two operations on which a ship with 5,911 GRT was sunk.

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Transport trip

The boat was on 16 May 1940 by Kiel and on May 19, 1940 at 13:40 in Trondheim in order there fuel for the German Air Force to deliver. It left there on May 21, 1940 at 3 p.m. and entered Kiel on May 25, 1940. No ships were sunk or damaged on this ten-day long haul to Trondheim.

Second venture

The boat left Kiel on June 13, 1940; it has been missing since June 22, 1940. On this ten-day expedition in the North Atlantic between the North Canal and Cape Finisterre , a ship with 5,911 GRT was sunk.

  • June 20, 1940: sinking of the British motor ship Empire Conveyor ( Lage ) with 5,911 GRT. The ship was sunk by a torpedo . It had loaded 7,966 tons of wheat and was en route from Montreal to Manchester . There were three dead and 38 survivors.

Whereabouts

The boat has been believed to have been lost between the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay since June 22, 1940. The boat sent the last radio message on June 21, 1940. U 122 was supposed to attack a convoy. A steamer in the convoy, San Felipe , reported a collision with an unknown object at position 50 ° 47 ′  N , 8 ° 48 ′  W (marine grid reference BF 1238). As there was no other submarine nearby, it is assumed that U 122 was rammed by the steamer. However, this cause of loss cannot yet be confirmed with absolute certainty. It was a total loss with 49 dead.

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 .
  • 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).

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