U 54 (Navy)
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| Type : | VII B |
| Field Post Number : | M 02 062 |
| Shipyard: | Germania shipyard , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | July 16, 1937 |
| Build number: | 589 |
| Keel laying: | September 13, 1938 |
| Launch: | August 5, 1939 |
| Commissioning: | September 23, 1939 |
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| Calls: | 1 company |
| Sinkings: |
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| Whereabouts: | missing since February 20, 1940 |
U 54 was a German submarine of type VII B , which in World War II by the German navy was used.
history
The order for the boat was awarded to the Germania shipyard in Kiel on July 16, 1937 . The keel was laid on September 13, 1938, the launch on August 15, 1939, the commissioning under Lieutenant Georg-Heinz Michel finally took place on September 23, 1939.
After its commissioning on September 23, 1939 until December 31, 1939, the boat belonged to the U-Flotilla "Wegener" in Kiel as a training boat . After the reorganization of the flotillas, U 54 was assigned to the flotilla, which has since been renamed the 7th U-Flotilla, on January 1, 1940 and stationed in Kiel.
Use statistics
U 54 completed an enterprise on which no ships were sunk or damaged.
First venture
The boat left Kiel on February 12, 1940 and has been missing since February 20, 1940. No ships were sunk or damaged during these eight days of operation in the North Sea.
Whereabouts
The boat has been lost in the North Sea since February 20, 1940. Presumably it ran into a mine laid by the British destroyers HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Intrepid and sank with all 41 men on board.
On March 14, 1940, part of one of the torpedoes from U 54 was recovered by the German outpost boat V 1101 at position 54 ° 57 ' N , 6 ° 45' E. This suggests that this is where U 54 went down .
In 1989 a submarine wreck was found in the North Sea. A report from the Federal Maritime and Hydrographics are the exact position of this wrecks with 54 ° 18 '36 " N , 5 ° 28' 24" O at. This submarine wreck can only be U 54 . It lies within the area of the former British minefield in the middle of outlet route II.
The boat did not lose any crew members during its service life prior to the alleged sinking.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 , page 28
- ↑ 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 . Page 339
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