U 23 (Bundeswehr)
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![]() U 23 (S 172) with U 26 (S 175) in the front and U 30 (S 179) in the back |
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Type : | Submarine class 206 |
Shipyard: | Rhein-Stahl-Nordseewerke , Emden |
Build number: | 450 |
Commissioning: | May 2nd 1975 |
Decommissioning: | March 31, 2011 |
Length: | 48.60 m |
Width: | 4.60 m |
Draft: | 4.00 m |
Displacement: | 450 ts / 520 m³ (above water) |
Drive: | 2 × 440 kW MTU-DG, 1 × 1100 kW EM, 3 × 96 battery cells |
Speed: | 10 kn, submerged: 17 kn |
Armament: | 8 BTR (wire-guided torpedo DM2A3) mine belt |
Crew: | 25 men, of them
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Whereabouts: | as ARC Intrépido (S-21) in the service of the Navy of Colombia |
U 23 ( NATO designation S 172) was a submarine of the submarine class 206 of the German Navy and was put into service on May 2, 1975 and was subordinate to the 3rd submarine squadron. From August 1987 to September 1989, it was converted to class 206 A. Like all submarines, it then belonged to the 1st submarine squadron of the operational flotilla 1 .
history
The boat covered a total of 180,376.7 nautical miles by 2005, of which 68,289.0 nautical miles were submerged.
The two pictures show U 23 on June 19, 2006 on the occasion of the Kiel Week in the Kiel Fjord on the way to the Tirpitzhafen . On March 31, 2011, U 23 was officially decommissioned.
Since August 28, 2012, "ex-U23" has been serving the Navy of Colombia as ARC Intrépido (S-21) . In 2015, the submarine will also be used in the Gulf of Urabá to combat drug smuggling.
Commanders
No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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1 | Lieutenant Weigel | May 2nd 1975 | 1976 |
2 | Lieutenant Ullrich | 1976 | 1977 |
3 | Corvette Captain Hermann | 1977 | 1983 |
4th | Lieutenant Randig | 1983 | 1985 |
5 | Lieutenant Weber | 1985 | 1987 |
6th | Corvette Captain Brosch | 1987 | 1991 |
7th | Lieutenant Forthmann | 1991 | 1993 |
8th | Lieutenant E. Müller | 1993 | 1995 |
9 | Lieutenant Waldmann | 1996 | 1997 |
10 | Lieutenant Franz | 1997 | March 31, 2000 |
11 | Lieutenant Schütz | July 5, 2000 | Sep 30 2002 |
12 | Lieutenant Stuck | Sep 30 2002 | June 18, 2004 |
13 | Lieutenant Lehmann | June 18, 2004 | June 2007 |
14th | Captain Hansen | June 2007 | Jan. 16, 2009 |
15th | Lieutenant Cordes | Jan. 16, 2009 | Sep 24 2010 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colombia: Police track down drug submarine . In: Lahrer Zeitung , December 18, 2015