U 139 (Navy)
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| Type : | II D |
| Field Post Number : | M 05 132 |
| Shipyard: | German works , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | September 25, 1939 |
| Build number: | 268 |
| Keel laying: | November 20, 1939 |
| Launch: | June 28, 1940 |
| Commissioning: | July 24, 1940 |
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| Calls: | 1 patrol |
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| Whereabouts: | sunk on May 5, 1945 in Wilhelmshaven itself |
U 139 was a German submarine from type II D , which in World War II by the German navy was used.
history
The order for the boat was awarded to the shipyard Deutsche Werke , Kiel , on September 25, 1939 . The keel was laid on November 20, 1939, the launch on June 28, 1940, the commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Robert Bartels on July 24, 1940.
After its commissioning, the boat belonged to the 1st U-Flotilla in Kiel as a training boat until October 3, 1940 . After that, from October 4, 1940 to April 30, 1941, it served as a school boat in the 21st U-Flotilla in Neustadt in Holstein or Pillau , and from May 1, 1941 to June 21, 1941 as a training boat in the 22nd U-Flotilla U-Flotilla in Gotenhafen . At the beginning of the war against the Soviet Union , U 139 was a front boat with the 22nd U-Flotilla in Gotenhafen, before it was used again as a training boat in the 22nd U-Flotilla in Gotenhafen and Wilhelmshaven from August 1, 1941 to May 5, 1945 has been.
U 139 undertook a patrol during its service, during which it could not sink or damage any ships. U 139 was actually a school and training boat and was only used as a front boat during the attack on the Soviet Union.
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First patrol
The boat left Oxhöft on July 16, 1941 at 11:07 a.m. and entered Windau on July 22, 1941 at 7:43 a.m. to supplement it . It left there on July 23, 1941 at 7:52 p.m., and returned to Windau on July 24, 1941 at 2:15 a.m. It left Windau again on July 29, 1941 at 11:12 p.m. and entered Stormelö ( Finland ) on August 18, 1941 at 6:05 p.m. U 139 left Stormelö on August 28, 1941 at 6:12 p.m. and entered Oxthöft on August 31, 1941 at 1:11 p.m. On this 35 day long and 2,155 nm above and 907 nm underwater excursion into the Baltic Sea , off Ösel , Dagö and Hangö . No ships were sunk or damaged.
Whereabouts
The boat was self- sunk by its crew on May 5, 1945 in Wilhelmshaven in the west chamber of the IV entrance (Raederschleuse) according to the rainbow order that had existed for a long time, but was canceled by Grand Admiral Dönitz on the evening of May 4, 1945 .
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 .
See also
Web links
- ubootwaffe.net - site about German submarines (English, information about U 139 via search function)