german u-boots in constanta
DESCRIPTION
Submarinele germane in Constanta WWIITRANSCRIPT
This was the patrol area of the 30th Flotilla at Constanza from Oct 1942 to Oct 1944. All its 6 U-boats were transported via land to the Black Sea and all of them were lost there. 3 were scuttled by their crews near Eregli, Turkey on 10 Sept, 1944 to escape capture by the Russians.The eastern front position is drawn as of Aug 29, 1944.
Frontflottille (Combat Flotilla)
Bases
10.42 - 10.44 Constanza (Romania)
Flotilla Commanders10.42 - 05.4405.44 - 07.4407.44 - 10.44
Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum (Knights Cross) Kptlt. Clemens Schöler Kptlt. Klaus Petersen
U-boat TypesIIB
Assigned U-boatsU-9, U-18, U-19, U-20, U-23, U-24
6 U-boats assigned to this flotilla during its service.
HistoryThe 30th Flotilla was founded in October 1941 under the command of Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum. The boats reached Constanza after a transport over land and canals. The operational area was limited to the Black Sea. Its history ended in September 1944, when the three last Flotillas boats U-19, U-20 and U-23 were scuttled on 10 and 11 September, 1944 near the Turkish coast.
U-19Type IIB
Ordered 2 Feb 1935
Laid down 20 Jul 1935 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 549)
Launched 21 Dec 1935
Commissioned 16 Jan 1936 Kptlt. Viktor Schütze (Oak Leaves)
Commanders 16 Jan 1936 - 30 Sep 1937 Kptlt. Viktor Schütze (Knights Cross)
30 Sep 1937 - 1 Nov 1939 Hans Meckel
2 Nov 1939 - 2 Jan 1940 Wilhelm Müller-Arnecke
3 Jan 1940 - 30 Apr 1940 Kptlt. Joachim Schepke (Knights Cross)
1 May 1940 - 19 Jun 1940 Wilfried Prellberg
20 Jun 1940 - 20 Oct 1940 Peter Lohmeyer
21 Oct 1940 - 8 Nov 1940 Wolfgang Kaufmann
8 Nov 1940 - 31 May 1941 Rudolf Schendel
1 Jun 1941 - Feb, 1942 Gerhard Litterscheid
16 Dec 1941 - Feb, 1942 Hans-Ludwig Gaude
Feb, 1942 - 30 Apr 1942 Hans-Ludwig Gaude
1 Oct 1942 - 2 Dec 1943 Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Gaude
3 Dec 1943 - 6 Sep 1944 Oblt. Willy Ohlenburg
7 Sep 1944 - 11 Sep 1944 Oblt. Hubert Verpoorten
Career 20 patrols 1 Jan 1936 - 1 Aug 1939 1. Flottille (front boat)1 Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 1. Flottille (front boat)1 Jan 1940 - 30 Apr 1940 1. Flottille (front boat)1 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (training)1 Jul 1940 - 18 Dec 1940 24. Flottille (training)19 Dec 1940 - 1 May 1942 22. Flottille (school boat)1 Oct 1942 - 11 Sep 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 14 ships sunk for a total of 35,430 GRT1 warship sunk for a total of 441 tons
Fate Scuttled at 2230hrs on 11 Sept, 1944 off the coast of Turkey, Black Sea in position 41.34N, 31.50E.
See the 15 ships hit by U-19 - View the 20 war patrols
Attacks on this boat21 Feb 1940A British escort attacked U-19 with depth charges in the North Sea. The boat was damaged slightly.
13 Feb 1943At 15.45 hours, the boat was attacked by four unknown aircraft with 2 bombs off Gelendzhik and suffered light damages. (Sources: Ritschel)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Ships hit by U-19See the profile page for U-19
Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
21 Oct 1939 Hans Meckel Capitaine Edmond Laborie [Mine]
3,087 fr
21 Oct 1939 Hans Meckel Deodata [Mine] 3,295 nw
24 Oct 1939 Hans Meckel Konstantinos Hadjipateras [Mine]
5,962 gr
18 Nov 1939 Wilhelm Müller-Arnecke
Carica Milica [Mine] 6,371 yu
9 Jan 1940 Joachim Schepke Manx 1,343 nw
23 Jan 1940 Joachim Schepke Baltanglia 1,523 br
23 Jan 1940 Joachim Schepke Pluto 1,598 nw
25 Jan 1940 Joachim Schepke Everene 4,434 le
25 Jan 1940 Joachim Schepke Gudveig 1,300 nw
19 Mar 1940 Joachim Schepke Charkow 1,026 da
19 Mar 1940 Joachim Schepke Minsk 1,229 da
20 Mar 1940 Joachim Schepke Bothal 2,109 da
20 Mar 1940 Joachim Schepke Viking 1,153 da
27 Jun 1944 Willy Ohlenburg Barzha (No 75) 1,000 sj
2 Sep 1944 Willy Ohlenburg BTSC-410 Vzryv (No 25)
441 sj
35,871
15 ships sunk (35,871 tons).
20 War patrols (P) located. 381 days at sea during patrols (387 days at sea overall).War patrols are shown with grey background.Sometimes patrols are split into several entries, boats putting into base for quick repairs and such.
U20Clemens Schöler & Karl Grafen
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36 Oberleutnant zur See (Crew35)
Martin Landt-Hayen
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 39)
U-20Type IIB
Ordered 2 Feb 1935
Laid down 1 Aug 1935 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 550)
Launched 14 Jan 1936
Commissioned 1 Feb 1936 Kptlt. Hans Eckermann
Commanders 1 Feb 1936 - 30 Sep 1937 Kptlt. Hans Eckermann
1 Oct 1937 - 17 Jan 1940 Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Moehle (Knights Cross)
17 Jan 1940 - 15 Apr 1940 Kptlt. Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
2 Apr 1940 - 15 Apr 1940 Heinrich Driver
16 Apr 1940 - 7 Jun 1940 Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche
8 Jun 1940 - 5 Jan 1941 Ottokar Arnold Paulssen
6 Jan 1941 - 19 May 1941 Kptlt. Herbert Schauenburg
20 May 1941 - 4 Dec 1941 Wolfgang Sträter
5 Dec 1941 - 27 Mar 1942 Kurt Nölke
7 May 1942 - 26 Sep 1942 Clemens Schöler
27 May 1943 - 31 Oct 1943 Kptlt. Clemens Schöler
1 Nov 1943 - 10 Sep 1944 Oblt. Karl Grafen
Career 16 patrols 1 Feb 1936 - 1 Aug 1939 3. Flottille (front boat)1 Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 3. Flottille (front boat)1 Jan 1940 - 30 Apr 1940 1. Flottille (front boat)1 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (school boat)1 Jul 1940 - 30 Sep 1942 21. Flottille (school boat)1 Oct 1942 - 10 Sep 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 13 ships sunk for a total of 30,067 GRT1 ship damaged for a total of 1,846 GRT2 ships a total loss for a total of 8,446 GRT
Fate Scuttled at 2130hrs on 10 Sept, 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea in position 41.10N, 30.47E.
See the 16 ships hit by U-20 - View the 16 war patrols
Attacks on this boat26 Jun 1943The boat unsuccessfully tried to attack a Soviet submarine hunter off Tuapse, but was attacked itself with 8 depth charges and then kept submerged by aircraft for 4 hours. Afterwards the boat had to return to base due to mechanical failures. (Sources: Ritschel)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
16 War patrols (P) located. 306 days at sea during patrols (310 days at sea overall).War patrols are shown with grey background.Sometimes patrols are split into several entries, boats putting into base for quick repairs and such.
Emblem Description
The Olympic Rings - Crew 36The Olympic rings emblem is probably the most unusual and surprising to find on a German U-boat from WWII. Yet there it was, why?
Naval officers joining the Kriegsmarine in 1936, the year of the Berlin Olympics, chose the rings as their emblem.
Keywords: olympic rings
Ships hit by U-20See the profile page for U-20
Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
29 Nov 1939 Karl-Heinz Moehle Ionian [Mine] 3,114 br FN-43
9 Dec 1939 Karl-Heinz Moehle Magnus 1,339 da
10 Dec 1939 Karl-Heinz Moehle Føina 1,674 nw
10 Dec 1939 Karl-Heinz Moehle Willowpool [Mine] 4,815 br HG-9
13 Jan 1940 Karl-Heinz Moehle Sylvia 1,524 sw
27 Jan 1940 Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
England 2,319 da
27 Jan 1940 Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
Faro (t.) 844 nw
27 Jan 1940 Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
Fredensborg 2,094 da
27 Jan 1940 Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
Hosanger 1,591 nw
29 Feb 1940 Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
Maria Rosa 4,211 it
1 Mar 1940 Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
Mirella 5,340 it
Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
29 Nov 1943 Karl Grafen Peredovik (d.) 1,846 sj
16 Jan 1944 Karl Grafen Vaijan Kutur´e (t.)
7,602 sj
7 Apr 1944 Karl Grafen Rion [Mine] 187 sj
19 Jun 1944 Karl Grafen Pestel´ 1,850 sj
24 Jun 1944 Karl Grafen DB-26 9 sj
40,359
15 ships sunk (38,513 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,846 tons).
Legend
U23
Rolf-Birger Wahlen
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
Rudolf Arendt
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 40)
U-23Type IIB
Ordered 2 Feb 1935
Laid down 11 Apr 1936 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 553)
Launched 28 Aug 1936
Commissioned 24 Sep 1936
Commanders 1 Sep 1936 - 3 Jan 1938 KrvKpt. Eberhard Godt
1936/37 - 30 Sep 1937 Hans-Günther Looff
1 Oct 1937 - 1 Apr 1940 Kptlt. Otto Kretschmer (Knights Cross)
8 Apr 1940 - 19 May 1940 Kptlt. Heinz Beduhn
20 May 1940 - 30 Sep 1940 Heinrich Driver
1 Oct 1940 - 20 Mar 1941 Kurt Reichenbach-Klinke
21 Mar 1941 - 23 Sep 1941 Ernst-Ulrich Brüller
24 Sep 1941 - 26 Mar 1942 Ulrich Gräf
27 Mar 1942 - 19 Jun 1944 Kptlt. Rolf-Birger Wahlen
20 Jun 1944 - 10 Sep 1944 Oblt. Rudolf Arendt
Career 16 patrols 1 Sep 1936 - 1 Aug 1939 1. Flottille (front boat)1 Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 1. Flottille (front boat)1 Jan 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. Flottille (front boat)1 Jul 1940 - 30 Sep 1942 21. Flottille (school boat)1 Oct 1942 - 10 Sep 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 7 ships sunk for a total of 11,179 GRT2 warships sunk for a total of 1,410 tons1 auxiliary warship damaged for a total of 1,005 GRT1 warship damaged for a total of 56 tons3 ships a total loss for a total of 18,199 GRT
Fate Scuttled at 2210hrs on 10 Sept, 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea in position 41.11N, 30.00E.
See the 14 ships hit by U-23 - View the 16 war patrols
Attacks on this boat14 Oct 1939The British submarine HMS Sturgeon (Lt. G.D.A. Gregory, RN) fires three torpedoes against the German submarine U-23 in the Skagerrak some 20 nautical miles west-north-west of Skagen, Denmark in position 57º49'N, 09º59'E. All three torpedoes missed their target.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Emblem Description
The Olympic Rings - Crew 36The Olympic rings emblem is probably the most unusual and surprising to find on a German U-boat from WWII. Yet there it was, why?
Naval officers joining the Kriegsmarine in 1936, the year of the Berlin Olympics, chose the rings as their emblem.
Keywords: olympic rings
Ships hit by U-23See the profile page for U-23
Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
4 Oct 1939 Otto Kretschmer Glen Farg 876 br
8 Dec 1939 Otto Kretschmer Scotia 2,400 da
11 Jan 1940 Otto Kretschmer Fredville 1,150 nw
12 Jan 1940 Otto Kretschmer Danmark (t.) 10,517 da
24 Jan 1940 Otto Kretschmer Varild 1,085 nw
18 Feb 1940 Otto Kretschmer HMS Daring (H 16) 1,375 br HN-12
19 Feb 1940 Otto Kretschmer Tiberton 5,225 br
22 Feb 1940 Otto Kretschmer Loch Maddy (t.) 4,996 br HX-19
24 Aug 1943 Rolf-Birger Wahlen
Shkval 35 sj
15 Oct 1943 Rolf-Birger Wahlen
TSC-486 Sovetskaja Rossija (d.)
1,005 sj
23 Oct 1943 Rolf-Birger Wahlen
Tanais 372 sj
5 Apr 1944 Rolf-Birger Wahlen
SKA-099 (d.) 56 sj
Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
29 May 1944 Rolf-Birger Wahlen
Smelyj 71 sj
1 Sep 1944 Rudolf Arendt Oituz (t.) 2,686 ro
31,849
12 ships sunk (30,788 tons) and 2 ships damaged (1,061 tons).
OITUZ
U9
Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)
Heinrich Klapdor
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 36)
U-9Type IIB
Ordered 20 Jul 1934
Laid down 8 Apr 1935 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 543)
Launched 30 Jul 1935
Commissioned 21 Aug 1935 Kptlt. Hans-Günther Looff
Commanders 21 Aug 1935 - 1936/37 KrvKpt. Hans-Günther Looff
30 Sep 1935 - 1 Oct 1937 Werner von Schmidt
1 Oct 1937 - 18 Sep 1939 Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes
19 Sep 1939 - 29 Dec 1939 Max-Martin Schulte
30 Dec 1939 - 10 Jun 1940 Oblt. Wolfgang Lüth (Knights Cross)
11 Jun 1940 - 20 Oct 1940 Wolfgang Kaufmann
21 Oct 1940 - 8 Jun 1941 Kptlt. Joachim Deecke
2 Jul 1941 - 30 Apr 1942 Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
28 Oct 1942 - 15 Sep 1943 Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
16 Sep 1943 - 20 Aug 1944 Oblt. Heinrich Klapdor
5 Apr 1944 - 6 Apr 1944 Oblt. Martin Landt-Hayen (boat in transit)
7 Apr 1944 - Jun, 1944 Kptlt. Klaus Petersen
Career 19 patrols 1 Sep 1935 - 1 Aug 1939 1. Flottille (front boat)1 Oct 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 1. Flottille (school boat)1 Jan 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. Flottille (front boat)1 Jul 1940 - 31 Oct 1940 24. Flottille (training)1 Nov 1940 - 1 May 1942 21. Flottille (school boat)1 Oct 1942 - 20 Aug 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 7 ships sunk for a total of 16,669 GRT1 warship sunk for a total of 552 tons1 warship damaged for a total of 412 tons
Fate Sunk at 1030hrs on the 20 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea in position 44.12N, 28.41E, by bombs from Soviet aircraft.
See the 9 ships hit by U-9 - View the 19 war patrols
In 1945 the Soviets raised the boat and brought it in the Russian harbour Nikolaev. She became in 1945 the USSR TS-16, but due to extensive damages she was broken up sometime after 12 Dec, 1946
Attacks on this boat27 Dec 1942At 16.20 hours, the boat was attacked by a Soviet minesweeper with 8 depth charges off Sochi and suffered minor damages. (Sources: Ritschel)
11 May 1944The U-9 was depth charged by a Soviet escort and suffered slight damages.
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat20 Apr 1940. On 20 April, 1940 the boat fired torpedoes at the Polish destroyer ORP Blyskawica but missed
Emblem Description
Iron CrossThis emblem of U-9 from WWII is in honor of Otto Weddigen's famous U-9 from WWI. After sinking 3 cruisers "before breakfast" in the first major submarine victory in history and thus proving the U-boat weapon Otto was given the Iron Cross which he put on the conning tower of his U-9.
The U-9 of WWII also adapted this emblem in his honor.
Keywords: iron cross
Ships hit by U-9See the profile page for U-9
Date Commander Name of ship
Tons Nat. Convoy
18 Jan 1940 Wolfgang Lüth Flandria 1,179 sw
19 Jan 1940 Wolfgang Lüth Patria 1,188 sw
11 Feb 1940 Wolfgang Lüth Linda 1,213 es
4 May 1940 Wolfgang Lüth San Tiburcio [Mine]
5,995 br
9 May 1940 Wolfgang Lüth Doris (Q 135)
552 fr
11 May 1940 Wolfgang Lüth Tringa 1,930 br
11 May 1940 Wolfgang Lüth Viiu 1,908 es
23 May 1940 Wolfgang Lüth Sigurd Faulbaum
3,256 be
11 May 1944 Klaus Petersen Shtorm (d.)
412 sj
At 16.32 hours on 11 May, 1944, U-9 fired a Gnat at a convoy consisting of a tanker, a torpedo boat, a minesweeper and seven smaller escorts covered by three MBR flying boats and observed a heavy detonation after 2 minutes 31 seconds. The Shtorm was damaged by the torpedo.
17,633
8 ships sunk (17,221 tons) and 1 ship damaged (412 tons).
Date Commander Name of ship
Tons Nat. Convoy
U18Karl Fleige
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 24
U-18Type IIB
Ordered 2 Feb 1935
Laid down 10 Jul 1935 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 548)
Launched 7 Dec 1935
Commissioned 4 Jan 1936 Kptlt. Hans Pauckstadt
Commanders 4 Jan 1936 - 20 Nov 1936 Hans Pauckstadt
30 Sep 1937 - 31 Oct 1937 Kptlt. Heinz Beduhn
1 Nov 1937 - 24 Nov 1939 Kptlt. Max-Hermann Bauer
24 Nov 1939 - 2 Sep 1940 Oblt. Ernst Mengersen (Knights Cross)
3 Sep 1940 - 17 Dec 1940 Kptlt. Hans-Heinz Linder
18 Dec 1940 - 6 May 1941 Kptlt. Ernst Vogelsang
7 May 1941 - 31 May 1942 Oblt. Hans-Achim von Rosenberg-Gruszcynski
1 Jun 1942 - 18 Aug 1942 Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann
3 Dec 1942 - 25 Aug 1944 Oblt. Karl Fleige (Knights Cross)
2 May 1944 - 25 May 1944 Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Bartsch
25 May 1944 - 7 Jun 1944 Oblt. Rudolf Arendt
22 Dec 1944 - 6 Feb 1945 Oblt. Friedrich Baumgärtel
Career 14 patrols 4 Jan 1936 - 20 Nov 1936 1. Flottille (front boat)30 Sep 1937 - 1 Aug 1939 3. Flottille (front boat)1 Sep 1939 - 1 Nov 1939 3. Flottille (front boat)1 Nov 1939 - 1 Mar 1940 U-Ausbildungsflottille (front boat)1 Apr 1940 - 1 Jun 1940 1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (training)1 Jul 1940 - 17 Dec 1940 24. Flottille (training)6 May 1943 - 25 Aug 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 1,500 GRT1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 400 GRT1 ship damaged for a total of 7,745 GRT1 warship damaged for a total of 56 tons
Fate Scuttled on 25 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea, in position 44.12N, 28.41E.
See the 5 ships hit by U-18 - View the 14 war patrols
Sank at 0954hrs on 20 Nov, 1936 in Lübeck Bay in position 54.07N, 11.07E, after a collision with T 156. 8 died but 12 survived. Raised on 28 Nov, 1936. In service again on 30 Sept 1937.
The boat was raised by the USSR in late 1944. Sunk by the Soviet submarine M-120 on 26 May, 1947 off Sevastopol (also sunk that day was the former U-24).
Ships hit by U-18See the profile page for U-18
Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
18 Nov 1939 Max-Hermann Bauer Parkhill 500 br
23 Jan 1940 Ernst Mengersen Bisp 1,000 nw
29 Aug 1943 Karl Fleige TSC-11 Dzhalita 400 sj
30 Aug 1943 Karl Fleige SKA-0132 (d.) 56 sj
18 Nov 1943 Karl Fleige Josif Stalin (d.) 7,745 sj
9,701
3 ships sunk (1,900 tons) and 2 ships damaged (7,801 tons).
U-24Type IIB
Ordered 2 Feb 1935
Laid down 21 Apr 1936 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 554)
Launched 24 Sep 1936
Commissioned 10 Oct 1936
Commanders 3 Jul 1937 - 30 Sep 1937 Oblt. Heinz Buchholz
8 Oct 1937 - 17 Oct 1939 Kptlt. Udo Behrens
18 Oct 1939 - 29 Nov 1939 Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff
30 Nov 1939 - 21 Aug 1940 Udo Heilmann
22 Aug 1940 - 10 Mar 1941 Ltn. Dietrich Borchert
11 Mar 1941 - 31 Jul 1941 Helmut Hennig
1 Aug 1941 - 5 May 1942 Hardo Rodler von Roithberg
14 Oct 1942 - 17 Nov 1942 Klaus Petersen
18 Nov 1942 - 15 Apr 1943 Clemens Schöler
16 Apr 1943 - 7 Apr 1944 Kptlt. Klaus Petersen
Jul, 1944 - 25 Aug 1944 Dieter Lenzmann
7 Apr 1944 - Jul, 1944 Oblt. Martin Landt-Hayen
Career 19 patrols 1 Oct 1936 - 1 Aug 1939 3. Flottille (rb)1 Sep 1939 - 17 Oct 1939 3. Flottille (front boat)18 Oct 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 1. Flottille (school boat)1 Jan 1940 - 30 Apr 1940 1. Flottille (front boat)1 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (school boat)
1 Jul 1940 - 30 Apr 1942 21. Flottille (school boat)1 Oct 1942 - 25 Aug 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 961 GRT5 warships sunk for a total of 571 tons1 ship damaged for a total of 7,661 GRT1 ship a total loss for a total of 7,886 GRT
Fate Scuttled on 25 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea, in position 44.12N, 28.41E.
See the 8 ships hit by U-24 - View the 19 war patrols
Raised by the USSR in early 1945. Sunk by the Soviet submarine M-120 on 26 May, 1947 off Sevastopol (also sunk that same day was the former U-18).
Attacks on this boat5 Nov 1942At 19.18 hours, the boat fired a G7e torpedo at the Soviet M/S trawler T-492 off Poti, but the torpedo passed underneath the bridge. The vessel then forced U-24 to dive by gunfire and was hit by a dud at 21.37 hours. After its last torpedo missed at 00.38 hours on 6 November, the boat surfaced and attacked with the 20mm AA gun but it malfunctioned shortly afterwards, so the Germans had to break off the attack with light machine-gun damage to its conning tower. (Sources: Ritschel)
29 Nov 1942The boat was attacked in the Black Sea by three rounds from Turkish (!) shore-based guns. The boat dived. The commander stated that the boat was 7 or 8 nautical miles away from the Turkish coast.
27 May 1944The boat fought a surface battle with 2 Soviet patrol boats. The U-boat lost 1 man dead and 2 wounded. [Matrosenobergefreiter Johann Wölbitsch]
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat27 May 1944The boat fought a surface battle with 2 Soviet patrol boats. The U-boat lost 1 man dead and 2 wounded. [Matrosenobergefreiter Johann Wölbitsch]
Emblem Description
VI am not sure what this emblem stands for really. It appeared on a few boats.
Keywords: V, vee
Ships hit by U-24See the profile page for U-24
Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
31 Mar 1943 Clemens Schöler Kreml´ (d.) 7,661 sj
15 Jun 1943 Klaus Petersen BTSC-411 Zashchitnik (No 26)
441 sj
30 Jul 1943 Klaus Petersen Emba (t.) 7,886 sj
22 Aug 1943 Klaus Petersen DB-36 9 sj
22 Aug 1943 Klaus Petersen DB-37 9 sj
31 Oct 1943 Klaus Petersen SKA-088 56 sj
12 May 1944 Martin Landt-Hayen
SKA-0376 56 sj
17,079
7 ships sunk (9,418 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,661 tons).
