U 237

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U 237
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Type : VII C
Shipyard: Germania shipyard , Kiel
Construction contract: January 20, 1941
Build number: 667
Keel laying: April 23, 1942
Launch: December 17, 1942
Commissioning: January 30, 1943
Commanders:
  • January 31, 1943 - May 14, 1943
    Lieutenant Hubert Nordheimer
  • October 8, 1943 - September 1944
    First Lieutenant Lothar König
  • September 1944 - October 1944
    First Lieutenant Johannes van Stipriaan
  • October 1944 - April 4, 1945
    Lieutenant Captain Karl-Heinz Menard
Flotilla:
Calls: no ventures
Sinkings:

no

Whereabouts: sunk by United States bombs at the Germania shipyard in Kiel on May 14, 1943 , recovered, repaired and put back into service; Sunk on April 4, 1945 by United Kingdom bombs at Deutsche Werken , Kiel

U 237 was a German submarine from the Type VII C , which in World War II by the German navy was used.

Technical specifications

The order for the boat was on 20 January 1941, the yard Germania Werft , Kiel awarded. The keel was laid on April 23, 1942, the launch on December 17, 1942. The commissioning under Lieutenant Hubert Nordheimer finally took place on January 30, 1943.

history

After its commissioning on January 30, 1943 to May 20, 1943, the submarine belonged to the 5th U-Flotilla , from October 8, 1943 to February 28, 1945 to the 23rd U-Flotilla and from March 1, 1945 to on April 4, 1945 to the 31st U-Flotilla . U 237 was a pure training ship and had no missions.

Whereabouts

U 237 was sunk by bombs from the United States on May 14, 1943 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel , recovered, repaired and put back into service and sunk again on April 4, 1945 by bombs from the United Kingdom at the German works , Kiel.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6

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 .

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