U 210

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U 210
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U 210 tries to escape. Taken on board the HMCS Assiniboine (D.18)
Type : VII C
Field Post Number : M-37 894
Shipyard: Germania shipyard , Kiel
Construction contract: October 16, 1939
Build number: 630
Keel laying: March 15, 1941
Launch: December 23, 1941
Commissioning: February 21, 1942
Commanders:
  • February 21, 1942 to August 6, 1942
    Kptlt / Kkpt Rudolf Lemcke
Flotilla:
Calls: 1 company
Sinkings:

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Whereabouts: Sunk on August 6, 1942 in the North Atlantic south of Cape Farewell, Greenland (6 dead, 37 prisoners of war).

The U 210 was a German U-boat of the type VII C , which by the Navy in submarine war during the Second World War in the North Atlantic was used. It was sunk on August 6, 1942 on its first venture, without having achieved any success. 6 men of his crew were killed, while 37 were taken prisoner by the Allies.

The boat

U 210 was commissioned from F. Krupp Germania shipyard in Kiel on October 16, 1939 . On March 15, 1941, the keel-laying began as a new building 630 and the launch took place after nine months of construction on December 23, 1941. The commissioning on February 21, 1942 took place under Lieutenant Rudolf Lemcke, who had previously been a student commander as part of his U-boat commander training on the U 568 commanded by Kapitänleutnant Joachim Preuss had completed a patrol . Under Lemcke's command, his U 210 also had a boat mark: a simple black Hummer. After commissioning until June 31, 1942, the boat belonged to the 5th U-Flotilla stationed in Kiel as a training boat , and from August 1, 1942 to the 9th U-Flotilla in Brest as a front boat, where however should never break in.

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First venture

U 210 left the port of Kiel on July 18, 1942 for its first venture. On this 19 days, 4 hours and 55 minutes long operation, Commander Lemcke was assigned to patrol in the North Atlantic off Cape Farewell and Newfoundland and then to call at Brest with U 210 , the base of the 9th U-Flotilla. Commander Lemcke did not sink any ships on this patrol and did not cause any damage. On August 1st, five days before the sinking of U 210 , Rudolf Lemcke was promoted to corvette captain.

Sinking

On August 6, 1942, while U 210 was operating on the SC-94 convoy, the British corvette HMS Dianthus (K.95) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine (D.18) became aware of U 210 through a sonar contact . After dropping a few depth charges, the German submarine appeared and was immediately under fire. A hit by the Assiniboine on the tower of the boat killed Korvettenkapitän Lemcke and five other men, while the rest of the crew was able to leave U 210 . 6 men from U 210 - including two officers and two NCOs - were killed while the remaining 37 members of the crew were able to save themselves from the sinking submarine and were taken on board by Dianthus as prisoners of war . 21 prisoners were brought to England by Dianthus , 16 - including the two surviving officers - through Assiniboine to the USA , where they were interrogated by US and Canadian officers.

U 210 is today at position 54 ° 24 'N - 39 ° 37' W in the former naval grid square AK 4716.

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 .
  • 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 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. 1996, p. 143, states that Rudolf Lemcke, at that time already in the rank of lieutenant commander, was serving as an extra-scheduled officer on watch on U 568 .
  2. ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, p. 74.