Unterseeboot 17 (1935)
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| U-17 | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Kriegsmarine |
| Type | IIB |
| Fieldpost number | M 25 322 |
| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number | 547 |
| Ordered | February 2, 1935 |
| Laid down | July 1, 1935 |
| Launched | November 14, 1935 |
| Commissioned | December 3, 1935 |
| Career | |
| Patrols | 4 |
| Flotillas | 1. Unterseebootsflottille 22. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Commanders | Werner Fresdorf Heinz von Reiche Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff Udo Behrens Wolf-Harro Stiebler Herwig Collmann Wolfgang Schultze Otto Wollschläger Ernst Heydemann Walter Sitek Karl-Heinz Schmidt Hans-Jürgen Bartsch |
| Successes | |
| 3 ships sunk for a total of 1.825 GRT | |
| Fate | |
| Scuttled May 5, 1945 at Wilhelmshaven. | |
Unterseeboot 17 (also known as U-17) was a German Type IIB U-boat of the Kriegsmarine, built in Germaniawerft, Kiel, laid down on July 1, 1935 and commissioned on December 3, 1935 under command of Werner Fresdorf.
In its career were 4 patrols, all served under 1. Unterseebootsflottille where it sunk 3 ships for a total of 1.825 GRT. Later in the war it served under 22. Unterseebootsflottille as a school boat.
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On May 5, 1945 U-17 was scuttled at Wilhelmshaven at the western entrance to the Raeder lock.
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