U 62 (Navy)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
U 62 (Kriegsmarine)
( previous / next - all submarines )
Type : II C
Field Post Number : M-23 080
Shipyard: German works , Kiel
Construction contract: July 21, 1937
Build number: 261
Keel laying: January 2, 1939
Launch: November 1, 1939
Commissioning: December 21, 1939
Commanders:
  • December 21, 1939 - May 20, 1941
    Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Bernhard Michalowski
  • May 20, 1941 - September 1941
    Oblt.zS Ludwig Forster
  • September 1941 - November 4, 1941
    Oblt.zS Max Wintermeyer
  • November 5, 1941 - November 19, 1941
    Lieutenant Waldemar Mehl
  • November 20, 1941 - April 13, 1942
    Oblt.zS Horst Schünemann
  • April 14, 1942 - September 15, 1942
    Oblt.zS Dietrich Epp
  • September 16, 1942 - July 19, 1943
    Oblt.zS Alfred Schönberg
  • July 20, 1943 - October 31, 1944
    Oblt.zS Horst Slevogt
  • November 1, 1944 - March 20, 1945
    Lt.zS Hans-Eckart Augustin
Calls: 5 patrols
Sinkings:
  • 2 ships (4,792 GRT)
  • 1 warship (1,350 t)
Whereabouts: self-sunk on May 5, 1945

U 62 was a submarine of type II C , which in World War II by the German navy was used.

history

The contract to build the submarine was awarded to Deutsche Werke in Kiel on July 21, 1937 . The keel was laid on January 2, 1939, the launch on November 16, 1939, and the commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Bernhard Michalowski on December 21, 1939.

From its commissioning until December 31, 1939, the boat was part of the “Emsmann” submarine flotilla in Kiel as a training boat . When the U-Flotilla was reorganized, the 1st U-Flotilla in Kiel was used as a training or front boat on January 1, 1940 . Then it was used from October 1, 1940 to May 3, 1945 as a school boat in the 21st U-Flotilla in Pillau . It was finally sunk in Wilhelmshaven on May 5, 1945.

U 62 took five during his service patrols , on which there are two ships with a total tonnage of 4,792 GRT and a destroyer t sank with 1,350.

Use statistics

First patrol

The boat was launched on February 13, 1940 at 14:30 of Helgoland and on March 6, 1940 at 21:15 in Wilhelmshaven one. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 23-day and approximately 1,360 nm above and 105 nm underwater venture into the North Sea .

Second patrol

The boat left Wilhelmshaven on April 4, 1940 at 8:15 a.m. for the Weser Exercise Company and arrived in Kiel on April 25, 1940 at 8:15 p.m. The boat entered Bergen on April 14, 1940 at 3:20 p.m. to supplement it and left there again at 7:10 p.m. on the same day. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 22-day and approximately 2,200 nm above and 613 nm underwater undertaking in the North Sea off Bergen.

Third patrol

The boat left Kiel on May 18, 1940 at 9:00 a.m. and entered Wilhelmshaven on June 3, 1940 at 12:30 p.m. During this 15-day and about 780 nm over and 336 nm underwater undertaking into the English Channel and off Dunkirk , a destroyer with 1,350 t was sunk.

Fourth patrol

The boat left Wilhelmshaven on June 13, 1940 at 11:30 a.m. and entered Bergen on July 5, 1940 at 1:45 a.m. On this 22 day long and 2,000 nm over and 467 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic and the Hebrides , a ship with 211 GRT was torpedoed and presumably sunk.

  • June 26, 1940: sinking of the British fishing liner Castleton with 211 GRT. The steamer was hit by a torpedo. The sinking could not be observed, but the Castleton has been missing since June 28, 1940.

Fifth patrol

The boat left Bergen on July 10, 1940 at 2 p.m. and entered Kiel on August 2, 1940 at 8 p.m. The boat entered Bergen on July 27, 1940 at 1:20 a.m. to supplement it and left again on July 28, 1940 at 8:00 p.m. A ship with 4,581 GRT was sunk on this 19-day and about 2,100 nm above and 434 nm underwater expedition in the North Atlantic, the North Minch and the North Canal .

  • 19 July 1940: sinking of the British steamer Pearlmoor ( Lage ) with 4,581 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded 7,860 tons of iron ore and was on the way from Pepel , Sierra Leone via Freetown to Methil and Immingham. The ship was a straggler of Convoy SL-38 with 30 ships. There were 13 dead and 26 survivors.

Whereabouts

The boat was decommissioned on March 20, 1945 in Wilhelmshaven and there on May 5, 1945 in the western chamber of the IV. Entrance (Raederschleuse) according to the long-standing rainbow , but which was canceled by Grand Admiral Dönitz on the evening of May 4, 1945 command of his crew scuttled . The wreck was lifted and scrapped after the end of the war.

literature

  • Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 1: The Hunters. 1939-1942. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X .
  • Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
  • 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 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
  • Erich Gröner : Die Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 and supplement 1944. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4 (reprint of the 1942–1943 edition).
  • Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names (= The merchant fleets of the world. Supplementary volume). JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2 (reprint of the 1943 edition).

See also

Web links