U 127
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Type : | IX C |
Field Post Number : | M-40 428 |
Shipyard: | AG Weser , Bremen |
Construction contract: | August 7, 1939 |
Build number: | 990 |
Keel laying: | June 20, 1940 |
Launch: | February 1, 1941 |
Commissioning: | April 24, 1941 |
Commanders: |
April 24, 1941 - December 15, 1941 |
Calls: | 1 company |
Sinkings: |
no |
Whereabouts: | sunk in the Atlantic on December 15, 1941 |
U 127 was a German submarine from the Type IX C , which in World War II by the German navy was used.
history
The order for the boat was awarded to AG Weser in Bremen on August 7, 1939 . The keel was laid on June 20, 1940, the launch on February 1, 1941, the commissioning under Lieutenant Bruno Hansmann finally took place on April 24, 1941.
After its commissioning on April 24, 1941 to November 1941, the boat belonged to the 2nd U-Flotilla in Wilhelmshaven as a training boat . After training, U 127 belonged to the 2nd U-Flotilla in Lorient from November 1941 until it was sunk on December 15, 1941 .
During its service, U 127 ran out to an enterprise on which no ships were sunk or damaged.
Use statistics
First venture
The boat left Kiel on November 29, 1941 at 6:00 a.m. and was sunk on December 15, 1941. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 16-day expedition in the Atlantic , west of Gibraltar . U 127 belonged to the Seeräuber submarine group , which was supposed to seek combat with Allied convoy groups according to the pack tactics developed by Karl Dönitz .
Whereabouts
The boat was sunk on December 15, 1941 in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar by the Australian destroyer HMAS Nestor at position 36 ° 28 ′ N , 9 ° 12 ′ W in naval grid reference CG 8536. It was a total loss with 51 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 .
See also
Web links
- u-bootarchiv.de , a detailed site about German submarines (German)