U 86 (Navy)
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 Coat of arms of Kulmbach, godfather city of the boat |
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| Type : | VII B |
| Field Post Number : | M 46 726 |
| Shipyard: | Flender-Werke , Lübeck |
| Construction contract: | June 9, 1938 |
| Build number: | 282 |
| Keel laying: | January 20, 1940 |
| Launch: | May 10, 1941 |
| Commissioning: | July 8, 1941 |
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July 8, 1941 - November 1943 |
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| Calls: | 8 activities |
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3 ships (9614 GRT) |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk east of the Azores on November 29, 1943 |
U 86 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 placed on June 9, 1938 by the Flender works in Lübeck . The keel was laid on January 20, 1940, the launch on May 10, 1941, the commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Walter Schug finally took place on July 8, 1941. Like most German submarines of its time, the U 86 also had a boat-specific symbol on the tower : the coat of arms of Kulmbach, the godfather town of the boat.
After its commissioning on July 8, 1941 until August 31, 1941, the boat was part of the 5th U-Flotilla in Kiel as a training boat . From September 1, 1941 until its loss in November 1943, it served as a training and front boat in the 1st U-Flotilla in Kiel and Brest .
Use statistics
Commander Walter Schug led U 86 during his service time on eight operations on which he sank three ships with a total tonnage of 9,614 GRT . He also damaged another ship with 8,627 GRT.
First venture
The boat ran on 7 December 1941 at 6.00 am from Kiel and ran on 22 December 1941 at 14:15 in Brest one. U 86 entered Kristiansand on December 8, 1941 to supplement it and left again on the same day. Due to bad weather, the boat had to enter Egersund on December 9, 1941 , from where it left again on December 10, 1941. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 16-day venture into the North Atlantic .
Second venture
The boat left Brest on December 27, 1941 at 2 p.m. and returned there on February 15, 1942 at 1 p.m. On this 51-day trip, the boat covered around 6,500 nm. It patrolled the West Atlantic , the Newfoundland Bank , Nova Scotia and the North Atlantic . Commander Schug sank a ship with 4,271 GRT and damaged a ship with 8,627 GRT.
- January 16, 1942: Damage to the British tanker Toorak with 8,627 GRT. The tanker was damaged by a torpedo . He was ballasted and on his way from Coryton (UK) to Halifax . There were no casualties, 51 survivors.
- January 18, 1942: sinking of the Greek steamer Dimitrios G. Thermiotis ( Lage ) with 4,271 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded 6,146 t of general cargo and was on the way from Demerara via Sydney to London . It was a total loss with 33 dead.
Third company
The boat left Brest on March 25, 1942 at 8.30 p.m. and returned there on May 26, 1942 at 10.15 a.m. On this 62 day long undertaking, U 86 covered around 9,000 nm. This venture took the boat to the West Atlantic and the US East Coast. No ships were sunk or damaged in the process.
Fourth venture
The boat left Brest on July 2, 1942 at 9 p.m. and returned there on September 18, 1942 at 6.45 p.m. U 86 entered Lorient on July 3rd and left again on the same day. On July 30, 1942, U 461 supplied it with 42 m³ of fuel and provisions. Another supply from U 462 on September 7, 1942 (only provisions). A ship with 342 GRT was sunk on this 79-day and approximately 11,100-nm-long expedition in the North Atlantic, south of Iceland, in the West Atlantic and Cape Hatteras .
- August 6, 1942: sinking of the American sailing ship Wawaloam with 342 GRT. The sailor was sunk by artillery by Commander Schug . He was on his way to St. John's . There were no losses.
Fifth venture
The boat left Brest on October 31, 1942 at 5:00 p.m. and returned there on January 7, 1943 at 2:50 p.m. U 86 was supplied with 39 m³ of fuel, provisions and spare parts by U 118 on November 29, 1942 . No ships were sunk or damaged on this 69-day and 8,900-nm-long expedition in the mid-Atlantic, off Gibraltar and Morocco .
Sixth venture
The boat left Brest on February 24, 1943 at 5.15 p.m. and returned there on April 16, 1943 at 12 p.m. It was supplied with 18 m³ of fuel by U 463 on April 7, 1943 and took over provisions from U 462 on April 8, 1943 . On this 51-day and approximately 7,000 nm long undertaking in the North Atlantic, south of Iceland, a ship with 5,001 GRT was sunk. U 86 belonged to the groups with the code names "Neuland" and "Seewolf".
- March 11, 1943: Sinking of the Norwegian steamer Brant County ( Lage ) with 5,001 GRT by a FAT torpedo. The cargo consisted of 5,330 tons of general cargo, 670 tons of ammunition and carbon. There were 35 dead and 23 survivors. The ship belonged to convoy HX-228 . St. John - Halifax - Newport Route.
The Brant County's explosion was so violent because of the ammunition loaded that parts of the ship hit the nearby U 757 , which was also about to attack the convoy. The German submarine was badly damaged by the rubble. In addition, some men were injured on the bridge of U 757 , so that its commander Deetz made contact with the U 590 , which was also operating nearby and had a doctor on board. U 757 had to break off the operation and returned to France.
Seventh venture
The boat left Brest on July 8, 1943 at 7:40 a.m. and returned there on September 11, 1943 at 9 p.m. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 66 day long and approximately 7,760 nm above and 1,210 nm underwater undertaking in the mid-Atlantic , to the Canary Islands and off Freetown .
Eighth venture
The boat left Brest on October 30, 1943 at 5:00 p.m. and was sunk on November 29, 1943. U 86 entered Brest on November 1, 1943 and left there again on November 11, 1943 at 5.10 p.m. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 18-day venture in the North Atlantic and west of Spain . On this venture, U 86 belonged to the submarine groups with the cover names "Schill II" and "Weddigen", which were supposed to seek combat with allied convoy trains according to the pack tactics developed by Karl Dönitz .
Whereabouts
The boat operated on convoys MKS-31 and SL-140 and reported for the last time on November 28, 1943 from position 39 ° 40 ′ N , 17 ° 10 ′ W.
On November 29, 1943, U 86 was sunk east of the Azores , at position 40 ° 52 ′ N , 18 ° 54 ′ W , by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Tumult and HMS Rocket . It was a total loss with 50 dead.
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 .
Notes and individual references
- ^ 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 52
- ↑ Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume Two: The Hunted 1942-1945. Heyne Verlag, Munich 1999, page 317
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