U 141 (Navy)
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U 141 (Kriegsmarine) ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
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| Type : | II D |
| Field Post Number : | M 18 009 |
| Shipyard: | German works , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | September 25, 1939 |
| Build number: | 270 |
| Keel laying: | December 12, 1939 |
| Launch: | July 27, 1940 |
| Commissioning: | August 21, 1940 |
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| Calls: | 4 activities |
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4 ships (6,801 GRT ) |
| Whereabouts: | sunk on May 5, 1945 in Wilhelmshaven itself |
U 141 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 December 12, 1939, the launch on July 27, 1940, and the commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Heinz-Otto Schultze on August 21, 1940.
After its commissioning, the boat belonged to the 1st U-Flotilla in Kiel as a training boat until October 23, 1940 . After that, from October 24, 1940 to April 30, 1941, it was a school boat in the 21st U-Flotilla in Neustadt and later in Pillau . When the war against the Soviet Union began , the boat was assigned as a front boat to the 3rd U-Flotilla in Kiel from May 1, 1941 to September 30, 1941 , until it was again used as a school boat in the 21st century from October 1, 1941 to March 1945 U-flotilla was deployed in Pillau. The last time U 141 was a training boat was from March 1945 to May 5, 1945 in the 31st U-Flotilla in Hamburg .
Use statistics
Under the command of Philipp Schüler, U 141 completed four operations on which Schüler sank four ships of 6,801 GRT .
First venture
The boat was launched on April 13, 1941 at 10:05 from Kiel, and ran on 17 April 1941 at 19:08 to mountains one. There repairs in the dock after a collision. 29 April 1941 08:00 Expired of mountains and on 11 May 1941 at 18:45 Broken In in Lorient . No ships were sunk or damaged during this 18-day and approx. 2,490 nm above and 204 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic , south of the Faroe Islands .
Second venture
The boat left Lorient on May 31, 1941 at 9:00 p.m., and returned there on June 29, 1941 at 7:45 p.m. On this 26 day long and 2,941 nm above and 471 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic, the North Channel and west of Ireland , a ship with 1,277 GRT was sunk.
- June 22, 1941: sinking of the Swedish steamer Calabria with 1,277 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo . It had 1,480 tons of palm kernels and 200 tons of copra loaded and was on the way from Port Harcourt to Hull . There were three dead and 24 survivors.
Third company
The boat left Lorient on July 14, 1941 at 9:00 p.m., and returned there on August 1, 1941 at 4:30 p.m. On this 18-day, 2,282 nm above and 241 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic, the North Channel and off Northern Ireland , a ship with 5,106 GRT was sunk and a ship with 5,133 GRT was damaged.
- July 26, 1941: sinking of the British steamer Botwey ( Lage ) with 5,106 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He drove in ballast and was on his way from Ellesmere Port to Port Sulfur ( Plaquemines Parish , USA). No casualties, 53 survivors.
- July 26, 1941: Damage to the British steamer Atlantic City with 5,133 GRT. The steamer was damaged by a torpedo. He had loaded coal and cargo and was on his way from Cardiff to Alexandria via Table Bay .
Fourth venture
The boat left Lorient on August 21, 1941 at 5:05 p.m., and entered Bergen on September 12, 1941 at 2:15 p.m. to supplement. It left there on September 15, 1941 at 6:00 a.m. and entered Kristiansand on September 19, 1941 . There, an escort officer was taken on board and the boat left again on the same day at 3:20 p.m. to moor in Kiel on September 18, 1941 at 10:00 a.m. On this 28-day, 3,551 nm above and 193 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic, west of the North Channel and west of Ireland , two ships with 418 GRT were sunk.
- September 5, 1941: sinking of the British fish liner King Erik with 228 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He drove in ballast was en route from Belfast to Iceland . It was a total loss with 15 dead.
- September 6, 1941: sinking of the Icelandic fishing liner Jarlinn with 190 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded fish and was on his way to Iceland. It was a total loss.
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 .
See also
literature
- Marc Debus, Alfred Nell: The last escort. From the outpost boat to the submarine fleet. Verlags-Haus Monsenstein & Vannerdat, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-86582-677-0 (the author was a member of the crew of U 141).
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