U 16 (Navy)
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U 16 (Kriegsmarine) ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
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| Type : | II B |
| Field Post Number : | M 13 014 |
| Shipyard: | German works , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | February 2, 1935 |
| Build number: | 251 |
| Keel laying: | August 5, 1935 |
| Launch: | April 28, 1936 |
| Commissioning: | May 16, 1936 |
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| Calls: | 3 patrols |
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2 ships (3,435 GRT ) |
| Whereabouts: | sunk in the English Channel on October 25, 1939 |
U 16 was a German submarine of type II B , which in the Second World War by the Navy was used.
history
The building contract for the boat was awarded to Deutsche Werke AG in Kiel on February 2, 1935 . The keel was laid on August 5, 1935, the launch on April 28, 1936, the commissioning under Lieutenant Heinz Beduhn on May 16, 1936. After commissioning, the boat belonged to the U-Flotilla “Weddigen” and the U-Flotilla “Lohs “ In Kiel. U 16 undertook three enemy voyages on which two ships with a total tonnage of 3435 GRT were sunk.
Mission history
First patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on September 2, 1939 at 6:00 p.m. and entered Kiel on September 8, 1939 at 4:30 p.m. Eight mines were laid on this seven-day mining operation in Tees Bay off Hartlepool . The lock was ineffective. No ships were sunk or damaged.
Second patrol
The boat left Kiel on September 13, 1939 at 9:00 a.m. and returned there on October 5, 1939 at 8:45 a.m. A ship was sunk on this 23-day expedition in the North Sea .
- September 28, 1939: The Swedish steamer Nyland (3,378 GRT) is sunk by a torpedo . He had loaded iron ore and was on his way from Antwerp to Ramsgate . There were no dead.
Third patrol
The boat left Kiel on October 18, 1939 at 3:00 a.m. to lay mines in the English Channel . U 16 laid nine mines off Folkestone .
- October 21, 1939: The French fishing liner Sainte Claire (57 GRT) is sunk by a mine hit. It was a total loss with eleven dead.
Whereabouts
On October 25, 1939, U 16 was attacked and badly damaged by the British Admiralty Trawler Cayton Wyke and the patrol boat Puffin near Dover, but was initially able to flee and still make radio reports. The last radio message from the boat on October 25, 1939 at 4:15 a.m. was: Boat badly damaged off Dover, must be sunk . After that, nothing more was heard from the boat. It was discovered later on the same day at position 51 ° 9 ′ N , 1 ° 28 ′ E in marine grid reference AN 7986 in shallow water. Apparently it hit a mine and sank shortly after the last message was broken. All 28 crew members were killed.
The British recovered twelve dead from the boat, but also found valuable secret material. The bodies of Lieutenant Wellner and five other men drifted along the French coast and were buried in the Dunkirk cemetery. A dead from the crew was driven off the coast of Ameland and recovered.
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