First commander of U-13, Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen |
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| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
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| Name: | U-13 |
| Ordered: | February 2, 1935 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 248 |
| Laid down: | June 20, 1935 |
| Launched: | November 9, 1935 |
| Commissioned: | November 30, 1935 |
| Fate: | Sunk May 31, 1940 in the North Sea. 26 survivors. |
| Class and type: | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine: 1st U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 15 421 |
| Commanders: | Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain Heinz Scheringer Wolfgang Lüth Max-Martin Schulte |
| Operations: | 9 |
| Victories: | 9 ships sunk for a total of 28,056 GRT 3 ships damaged for a total of 26,218 GRT |
German submarine U-13 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine which was commissioned on November 30, 1936 following construction at the Deutsche Werke shipyards at Kiel. The first commander on board was Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen. In its career it completed nine patrols, all serving under 1st U-boat Flotilla. It succeeded in damaging three ships and sinking nine ships.
U-13 was sunk on May 31, 1940 in the North Sea 11 miles south-east of Lowestoft, in position by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Weston. There were no casualties.
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