Unterseeboot 34
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Unterseeboot 34 was a Type VIIA U-boat of the Nazi Kriegsmarine laid down on 15 September 1935 by Germaniawerft at Kiel and commissioned on 12 September 1936.
[edit] Career
In 7 patrols she sank 19 ships including 3 warships for a total of 91,989 tons.
- U-34 took a supervisory part in the German Operation Ursula during the Spanish Civil War. Under the command of Kptlt. Harald Grosse, she sank the Spanish submarine C-3 on 12 December, 1936.
- On 20 October 1939 she sank the Swedish steamship Gustaf Adolf and the British steamship Sea Venture near the Shetland Islands.
[edit] Fate
She sank at 21:55 on 5 August 1943 at Memel in position 55.42N, 21.09E after a collision with the U-boat tender Lech. 4 men died but 39 survived. The boat was raised again on 24 August and stricken on 8 September, 1943.