U 12 (Navy)
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| Type : | II B |
| Field Post Number : | M 17 865 |
| Shipyard: | Germania shipyard , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | July 20, 1934 |
| Build number: | 546 |
| Keel laying: | May 20, 1935 |
| Launch: | September 11, 1935 |
| Commissioning: | September 30, 1935 |
| Commanders: |
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| Calls: | 2 patrols |
| Sinkings: |
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| Whereabouts: | probably sunk by mine on October 5, 1939 |
U 12 was a German submarine of type II B , which in the Second World War by the Navy was used.
history
The order for the boat was awarded to the Germania shipyard in Kiel on July 20, 1934 . The keel was laid on May 20, 1935, the launch on September 11, 1935, and commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Werner von Schmidt on September 30, 1935.
After commissioning, U 12 belonged to the “Weddigen” flotilla as a service boat and later as a reserve boat until August 1939 and then from September 1, 1939 as a front boat to the “Lohs” U-flotilla .
U 12 undertook two enemy voyages during which it could not sink or damage any ships.
Mission history
First patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on August 25, 1939 at 4:30 a.m. and returned there on September 9, 1939 at 6:00 p.m. No ships were sunk during the nine-day venture into the area of the Große Fischerbank in the North Sea .
Second patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on September 23, 1939 and then did not report back.
Whereabouts
The boat came probably on October 5, 1939 at the English Channel before Dover , approximately at the position 51 ° 10 ' N , 1 ° 30' O in naval grid square AN 7994 in a British minefield on board hit a mine and sank. The exact location of the sinking is not known as the boat sank with the entire crew of 27 men. The body of the commandant, Dietrich von der Ropp , was washed up on October 8, 1939 near Dunkirk . Upon examination, it was found that she had drifted in the sea for about three days. Accordingly, the boat must have sunk on October 5, 1939.
The wreck is protected as a Protected Place by the British Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 . This means that if it is located it can be viewed from the outside by divers, but it is forbidden to enter or collect souvenirs. The submarine was proposed by the German authorities on behalf of all German warship wrecks lying in British territorial waters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Paul Herbert Freyer ( Death on all seas. A factual report on the history of the fascist submarine war. Deutscher Militärverlag , Berlin 1970), there were certainly survivors
- ↑ After Busch / Röll ( The submarine warfare 1939-1945 Volume 4. German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945 . ES Mittler & Sohn , Hamburg, inter alia, 2001) is the mention, U 12 is at 8 October 1939 ran into a mine and sunk, not durable.
Web links
- U 12 on uboat.net (English)
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