| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-12 |
| Ordered: | 20 July 1934 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 546 |
| Laid down: | 20 May 1935 |
| Launched: | 11 September 1935 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1935 |
| Fate: | Sunk 8 October 1939 in the English Channel near Dover. 27 dead. |
| Class and type: | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine: 3rd U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 17 865 |
| Commanders: | Werner von Schmidt Hans Pauckstadt Dietrich von der Ropp |
| Operations: | 1 |
| Victories: | No ships sunk or damaged |
German submarine U-12 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine laid down on 20 May 1935 by Germaniawerft at Kiel and commissioned on 30 September 1935.
She was sunk 8 October 1939 by a mine, near Dover in English Channel. Exact position is not known but approximately at position of . All 27 of her crew died. The body of commanding officer Kapitänleutnant Dietrich von der Ropp washed ashore on the French coast near Dunkirk on 29 October 1939. In 2002, the wreck was nominated by the German government to be designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. This vessel was designated as a representative of all others lost within UK jurisdiction.
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