U 78 (Navy)
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U 78 (Kriegsmarine) ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
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 Dice side with the six, emblem of the boat |
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | M 29 850 |
| Shipyard: |
Vegesacker shipyard Bremen-Vegesack |
| Construction contract: | January 25, 1939 |
| Build number: | 006 |
| Keel laying: | March 28, 1940 |
| Launch: | December 7, 1940 |
| Commissioning: | February 15, 1941 |
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| Calls: | no ventures |
| Sinkings: |
no |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk in Pillau on April 16, 1945 |
U 78 was a German submarine of type VIIC that in World War II by the German navy was used as a training boat and as a power boat for energy.
history
The order for the boat was placed on January 25, 1939 at the Vegesacker shipyard in Bremen . The keel was laid on March 28, 1940, the launch on December 7, 1940. The commissioning under Lieutenant Adolf Dumrese finally took place on February 15, 1941. In the case of the submarines of the German Navy, it was customary for the crew to select a symbol during the training period that was both attached to the submarine tower and worn by the crew on their caps and boats . U 78 carried the side of the cube with the six as a boat-specific symbol.
After its commissioning on February 15, 1941, the boat belonged to the 22nd U-Flotilla in Gotenhafen as a school boat until February 28, 1945 . From March 1, 1945 until its destruction on April 16, 1945, the boat belonged to the 4th U-Flotilla in Stettin as an electricity supplier , but was located in Pillau .
Before it was used as a power boat for energy generation, the U 78 was purely a school boat and did not undertake any activities during its service.
Whereabouts
The boat was used on April 16, 1945 in Pillau on the pier of the sea service station as an electricity supply boat for the Samland Army Group and shot down by Soviet Army artillery. The boat then sank on the pier.
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).
- Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , page 51
See also
Web links
- u-bootarchiv.de , a detailed site about German submarines