| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-11 |
| Ordered: | 20 July 1934 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel, yard 545 |
| Laid down: | 6 May 1935 |
| Launched: | 27 August 1935 |
| Commissioned: | 21 September 1935 |
| Struck: | 5 January 1945 Kiel |
| Scuttled: | 2 May 1945 Kiel Arsenal |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine: U-Boat Training Flotilla 1st U-boat Flotilla 5th U-boat Flotilla 21st U-boat Flotilla 22nd U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 27 219 |
| Commanders: | Hans-Rudolf Rösing Viktor Schütze Georg Peters Gottfried Stolzenburg Günter Dobenecker |
| Operations: | 0 |
| Victories: | No ships sunk or damaged |
German submarine U-11 was a Type IIB U-boat built before World War II for service in the German Kriegsmarine. It was commissioned on September 21, 1935, by Kapitänleutnant Hans-Rudolf Rösing in command. It was part of several school flotillas in its 10-year career, but defeated or damaged no ships.
U-11 was the first U-boat that carried out sea trials in 1940 of a new anechoic tiles developed by the Kriegsmarine. The coasting was codenamed Alberich after the invisible sorcerer from Germanic Mythology.
It was scuttled on May 3, 1945 in the Kiel. The wreck was broken up.
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