U 145
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| Type : | II D |
| Field Post Number : | M 26 997 |
| Shipyard: | German works , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | September 25, 1939 |
| Build number: | 274 |
| Keel laying: | March 29, 1940 |
| Launch: | September 21, 1940 |
| Commissioning: | October 16, 1940 |
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| Calls: | 3 activities |
| Sinkings: |
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| Whereabouts: | when on December 22, 1945 Operation Deadlight sunk |
U 145 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 March 29, 1940, the launch on September 21, 1940. The commissioning under Lieutenant Heinrich Driver finally took place on October 16, 1940.
After its commissioning on October 16, 1940 to December 18, 1940, the boat belonged to the 1st U-Flotilla in Kiel as a training boat . From December 19, 1940 to May 8, 1945 a school boat in the 22nd U-Flotilla in Gotenhafen and Wilhelmshaven . During this time the boat was used as a front boat by the Barbarossa company .
As a tower emblem, U 145 wore a leopard jumping through the letter U.
Use statistics
Commander Rudolf Franzius undertook three enemy voyages with U 145 , during which he could not damage or sink any ships.
First venture
The boat was on 18 June 1941 at 19:00 of Gdynia, and ran around 14:07 in the July 7, 1941 Stormelö one. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 19-day and 854.6 nm above and 556.4 nm underwater operation in the Baltic Sea off Windau , Ösel and Dagö .
Second venture
The boat left Stormelö on July 14, 1941 at 9 a.m. and returned there on July 29, 1941 at 4 p.m. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 16-day and 745.7 nm above and 417.6 nm underwater expedition in the Baltic Sea, north of Ösel and Dago and off Hangö .
Third company
The boat was on 9 August 1941 by Stormelö, and ran on 28 August 1941 at 22:40 in Oxthöft one. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 20-day, 1,051.3 nm over and 548.7 nm underwater expedition in the Baltic Sea, off Windau, Ösel, Dagö and Hangö.
Whereabouts
On June 30, 1945, the boat was transferred from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan to be sunk as part of Operation Deadlight . On December 22, 1945, U 145 sank in the tow of the British destroyer HMS Onslow at 3:50 a.m. to 55 ° 47 ' N , 9 ° 56' W in naval plan square AM 5246. The planned dump area was not reached due to a broken cable.
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , page 63
literature
- 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 , pp. 53, 70, 81, 108, 214, 264, 310.
- 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 , pp. 34, 190.
- 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 , p. 387.