Unterseeboot 20 (1936)

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U-20
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	IIB
Fieldpost number	M 29 241
Shipyard	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	550
Ordered	February 2, 1935
Laid down	August 1, 1935
Launched	January 14, 1936
Commissioned	February 1, 1936
Career
Patrols	17
Flotillas	1. Unterseebootsflottille 3. Unterseebootsflottille 21. Unterseebootsflottille 30. Unterseebootsflottille
Commanders	Hans Eckermann Karl-Heinz Moehle Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt Heinrich Driver Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche Ottokar Arnold Paulshen Herbert Schauenburg Wolfgang Sträter Kurt Nölke Clemens Schöler Karl Grafen
Successes
13 ships sunk for a total of 30.067 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 1.846 GRT 2 ships a total loss for a total of 8.446 GRT
Fate
Scuttled September 10, 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea.

Unterseeboot 20, or more commonly U-20 was a German Type IIB U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down August 1, 1935 by Germaniawerft of Kiel. She was commissioned on February 1, 1936. During the World War II, she conducted operations against enemy shipping.

U-20 went on 17 patrols, sinking 16 ships totalling 39,637 tons and damaging one more of 1,846 tons.

[edit] Fate

On June 26, 1943, U-20 was attacked with depth charges in the Black Sea by a convoy escort. The damage was such that she had to return to base. She was scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey.