German submarine U-5 (1935)
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| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-5 |
| Ordered: | 2February 1935 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel, yard 240 |
| Laid down: | 11 February 1935 |
| Launched: | 14 August 1935 |
| Commissioned: | 31 August 1935 |
| Fate: | Sunk 19 March 1943, west of Pillau in a diving accident. 21 dead and 16 survivors |
| Class & type: | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine: U-Boat Training Flotilla 21st U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 27 527 |
| Commanders: | Kptlt. Rolf Dau (31 August 1935–27 September 1936) Gerhard Glattes (1 October 1936–2 February 1938) Kptlt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (5 December 1939–11 August 1940) Kptlt. Herbert Opitz (12 August 1940–27 March 1941) Oblt. Friedrich Bothe (28 March 1941–6 January 1942) Oblt. Karl Friederich (7 January 1942–23 March 1942) Oblt. Hans-Dieter Mohs (26 March–May 1942) Kurt Pressel (May–9 November 1942) Ltn. Hermann Rahn (10 November 1942–19 March 1943) Alfred Radermacher (March–March 1943) |
| Operations: | Two: 1st patrol: 24 August –8 September 1939 2nd patrol: 4–14 April 1940 |
| Victories: | No ships sunk or damaged |
German submarine U-5 was a Type IIA U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 11 February 1935, launched on 14 August and commissioned 31 August that year, under Oberleutnant zur See Rolf Dau.
U-5 served mostly as a training boat from 1935 to 1940, but did see two wartime patrols in 1940. She was transferred to the 21st U-boat Flotilla on 1 July 1940.
U-5 was sunk on 19 March 1943 in a diving accident west of Pillau[1] (now Baltiysk in Russia); 16 of the 37-man crew survived.
References
- Sharpe, Peter, U-Boat Fact File, Midland Publishing, Great Britain: 1998. ISBN 1-85780-072-9 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK].
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