German submarine U-54 (1939)
VII B
M 02 062
Germania Werft in Kiel
589
September 23, 1939
- September 23, 1939 - November 30, 1939 Kptlt Georg -Heinz Michel
- December 5, 1939 - February 20, 1940 KKpt. Günter Kutschmann
1 war patrol
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U 54 was a German U- Boat Type VII B, which was used in World War II by the German Navy.
History
The contract for the boat was awarded on 16 July 1937, the Germania shipyard in Kiel. The keel was laid on September 13, 1938, the launching on 15 August 1939 to the putting under Lieutenant Georg -Heinz Michel finally took place on 23 September 1939.
The boat belonged after its commissioning on 23 September 1939 to 31 December 1939 as a training boat for U- Flotilla " Wegener " in Kiel. After the reorganization of the flotilla came U 54 on 1 January 1940 as the front boat to the 7th U- Flotilla to Kiel.
U 54 undertook a patrol on which it could not sink ships or damage.
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First patrol
The boat ran out on 12 February 1940 by Kiel and has been missing since February 20 1940. During this eight- day-long company in the North Sea were no ships sunk or damaged.
Whereabouts
The boat is lost in the North Sea since 20 February 1940. Presumably it was a misplaced by the British destroyer HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Intrepid mine and sank with all 41 men on board.
On March 14, 1940 V was salvaged in 1101 on the position 54 ° 57 'N, 6 ° 45' O54.956.75 a part of one of torpedoes from U 54 by German patrol boat. This suggests that this is the doom instead of U 54.
1989, a submarine wreck in the North Sea has been found. A report by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency is the exact location of this wreck with 54 ° 18 ' 36 " N, 5 ° 28' 24 " O54.315.4733333333333. This submarine wreck can be only U 54. It is within the area of the former British minefield in the middle of the discharge path II
The boat lost no crew members during his period of service before the expected downfall.