U 870
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| Type : | IX C / 40 |
| Field Post Number : | 49 432 |
| Shipyard: | Deschimag ( AG Weser ), Bremen |
| Construction contract: | August 25, 1941 |
| Build number: | 1078 |
| Keel laying: | April 29, 1943 |
| Launch: | October 29, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | February 3, 1944 |
| Commanders: |
Ernst Hechler |
| Flotilla: |
- 4th U-Flotilla training boat |
| Calls: | an enterprise |
| Sinkings: |
- a landing ship |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk by air raid on March 30, 1945 lying on the quay in Bremen |
U 870 was a German submarine from the IX C / 40 that was used by the German navy during the submarine war in World War II in the North Atlantic .
construction
The U 870 was commissioned on August 25, 1941 as one of 11 Class IX C boats from the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen . The boat belonged to the twelfth series, which included the boats U 865 to U 870 . It was 76 m long and had a diameter of 6.84 m. A boat of this type could reach a speed of 18.3 knots when driving above water and drove a maximum of 7.5 knots under water. The keel of U 870 was on April 29, 1943, and it was launched on October 29 of the same year. The boat was put into service on February 3, 1944 by Corvette Captain Ernst Hechler. Like many boats of its time, the U 870 also had a specific coat of arms on the tower . The emblem of the boat showed a blue griffin on a white background.
Commitment and history
After commissioning, the boat was assigned as a training boat to the 4th submarine flotilla, which was stationed in Stettin . On October 1st, U 870 joined the 33rd U-Flotilla as a front boat . From Kiel from Commander Hechler ran out to his only company with this boat in October 1944th The boat patrolled the North Atlantic and west of Gibraltar and was involved in several skirmishes. Commander Hechler managed to sink or damage several ships, including two warships. At the end of January 1945 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for this. In February 1945 U 870 entered Flensburg .
Sinking
At the end of March, U 870 was lying on the quay of Deschimag AG Weser in Bremen when it was sunk with bombs by the US Air Force . All crew members survived the sinking. The wreck of U 870 was demolished after the end of the war.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906-1966 , Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1996, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 . Page 199
- ^ 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 152.
literature
- 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 .