U 17 (Navy)
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U 17 (Kriegsmarine) ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
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| Type : | II B |
| Field Post Number : | M 25 322 |
| Shipyard: | Germania shipyard , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | February 2, 1935 |
| Build number: | 547 |
| Keel laying: | July 1, 1935 |
| Launch: | November 14, 1935 |
| Commissioning: | December 3, 1935 |
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| Calls: | 4 patrols |
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3 ships (1,825 GRT ) |
| Whereabouts: | self-sunk on May 5, 1945 |
U 17 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 the Germania shipyard in Kiel on February 2, 1935 . The keel was laid on July 1, 1935, the launch on November 14, 1935, the commissioning under Lieutenant Werner Fresdorf on December 3, 1935.
After it was put into service until October 31, 1939, the boat was part of the “Weddigen” submarine in Kiel . After the attack on Poland , the submarine school flotilla came from November 1, 1939 to July 30, 1940 , where it was again from January 1, 1940 to April 30, 1940 for the Weser Exercise Company - the occupation of Norway when the front boat was reactivated. From May 1, 1940, it was only used as a school boat. It did not come to the U-Boat Defense School until May 1, 1940 to February 28, 1943, and finally to the 22nd U-Flotilla to Gotenhafen from March 1, 1943 to May 8, 1945 . When the Red Army approached , the Baltic Sea bases were evacuated. U 17 left Gotenhafen on January 28, 1945 and moved to Wilhelmshaven , where the boat was self- sunk in May 1945 .
U 17 undertook four enemy voyages during which, among other things, mines were relocated off Dover and two ships with a total tonnage of 1,615 GRT were sunk.
Mission history
First patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on August 31, 1939 at 11:50 a.m. and returned there on September 8, 1939 at 4:30 a.m. On this nine day mining operation east of South Foreland, nine mines were laid. On September 14, 1939, the small British freighter Hawarden Castle (210 GRT) was lost at this mine lock.
On September 9, 1939, the boat moved from Wilhelmshaven to Kiel.
Second patrol
The boat left Kiel on January 29, 1940 at 7:30 p.m. and entered Wilhelmshaven on February 10, 1940 at 8:15 p.m. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 13-day and approximately 1,200 nm above and 166 nm underwater expedition into the North Sea and the British east coast.
Third patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on February 29, 1940 at 9:00 a.m. and returned there on March 7, 1940 at 5:30 p.m. During this eight-day and approx. 800 nm above and 133 nm underwater journey into the North Sea and to Cross Sands , two ships with a total of 1,615 GRT were sunk:
- March 2, 1940: Sinking of the Dutch steamer Rijnstroom (695 GRT) ( location ) by a G7a torpedo . He was on his way from London to Amsterdam . It was a total loss with twelve dead.
- March 5, 1940: sinking of the Dutch steamer Grutto (920 GRT) ( Lage ) by a G7e torpedo. He had loaded general cargo and was on his way from London to Rotterdam . It was a total loss with 18 dead.
Fourth patrol
The boat left Wilhelmshaven on April 13, 1940 at 10:00 p.m. for the Weser Exercise Company and entered Kiel on May 2, 1940 at 4:53 a.m. During this 18-day, 1242 nm above and 425 nm underwater undertaking in the central North Sea and on the Norwegian coast, the crew of a crashed German aircraft was rescued on April 26, 1940. Ships were not sunk or damaged.
Whereabouts
The boat was decommissioned on February 6, 1945. Shortly before the end of the war, U 17 was in the rainbow order on May 5, 1945 by its crew in accordance with the rainbow command that had existed for a long time but was canceled by Grand Admiral Dönitz on the evening of May 4, 1945 West chamber of the fourth entrance - the so-called " Raederschleuse " - self- sunk in Wilhelmshaven . After the end of the war the boat was scrapped.
None of the crew members were killed during the boat's long service life.
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