German submarine U-12 (1935)
II B
M 17 865
Germania Werft in Kiel
July 20, 1934
546
May 20, 1935
September 11, 1935
September 30, 1935
- September 30, 1935 - November 30, 1936 Oblt.z.S. Werner von Schmidt
- December 1, 1936 - October 1, 1937 Kptlt Hans Pauckstadt
- October 1, 1937 - October 9, 1939 Kptlt Dietrich von der Ropp
2 patrols
No
U 12 was a German U- boat of the type II B, which was used in World War II by the Kriegsmarine.
History
The contract for the boat was awarded on July 20, 1934 at the Germania shipyard in Kiel. The keel was laid on 20 May 1935 the launching on September 11, 1935, to the putting under Lieutenant Werner von Schmidt on 30 September 1935.
After the commissioning of U was 12 to August 1939 as a use boat and later as a reserve boat flotilla " Weddigen " and then from 1 September 1939 as a front boat U- Flotilla " Lohs ".
U 12 made two patrols on which there could be no Battleship or damage.
Service history
First patrol
The boat was launched on August 25, 1939 at 4:30 clock of Wilhelmshaven and on September 9, 1939 at 18:00 clock back there one. In the nine- day-long undertaking in the territory of the Grand Bank fishing in the North Sea no ships were sunk.
Second patrol
The boat ran from September 23, 1939 by Wilhelmshaven and not signed up for it.
Whereabouts
The boat ran likely on October 5, 1939 at the English Channel off Dover, approximately at the position 51 ° 10 ' N, 1 ° 30' O51.1666666666671.5 in the marine grid square AN 7994, in a British minefield, hit a mine and sank. The exact position of the sinking is not known, as the boat went down with the entire crew of 27 men. The corpse of the commander, Dietrich von der Ropp, was stranded at Dunkirk on October 8, 1939. In its investigation could find that they had driven about three days in the sea. Thus, the boat must have sunk on 5 October 1939.
The wreck is protected by the Protection of Military Remains British Act of 1986 as a Protected Place. Thus, it may, if it is located, are as viewed from the outside by divers, but the penetration or collecting souvenirs is prohibited. The submarine has been proposed to represent all located in British territorial waters German warship wrecks of the German authorities.