Unterseeboot 24 (1936)

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U-24
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Kriegsmarine
Type	IIB
Fieldpost number	M 24 897
Shipyard	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	554
Ordered	February 2, 1935
Laid down	April 21, 1936
Launched	September 24, 1936
Commissioned	October 10, 1936
Career
Patrols	20
Flotillas	1. Unterseebootsflottille 3. Unterseebootsflottille 21. Unterseebootsflottille 30. Unterseebootsflottille
Commanders	Heinz Buchholz Udo Behrens Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff Udo Heilmann Dietrich Borchert Helmut Hennig Hardo Rodler von Roithberg Klaus Petersen Clemens Schöler Dieter Lenzmann Martin Landt-Hayen
Successes
1 ship sunk for a total of 961 GRT 5 warships sunk for a total of 571 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 7.661 GRT 1 ship a total loss for a total of 7.886 GRT
Fate
Scuttled August 25, 1944 at Konstanza in the Black Sea.

Unterseeboot 24 (also known as U-24) was a German Type IIB U-boat that was in service during World War II. It was laid down April 21, 1936 and commissioned on October 10, 1936.

[edit] Fate

On August 25, 1944 U-18 was scuttled at Konstanza in the Black Sea to prevent the advancing Soviets forces to capture it. It was raised by the Soviet Union in early 1945 but sunk again by the Soviet submarine M-120 on May 26, 1947 off Sevastopol (also sunk that same day was the former U-18).