German submarine U-29 (1936)

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-29.
Career
Name: U-29
Ordered: 1 April 1935
Builder: AG Weser, Bremen
Yard number: 910
Laid down: 2 January 1936
Launched: 29 August 1936
Commissioned: 16 November 1936
Scuttled: 4 May 1945
Kupfermühlen Bay
Raised: 1948
Wreck broken up
Badge:
General characteristics
Type: Type VIIA submarine
Displacement: 626 long tons (636 t) surfaced
745 long tons (757 t) submerged
Length: 64.5 m (211 ft 7 in) o/a
44.5 m (146 ft 0 in) pressure hull
Beam: 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in) o/a
4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Draft: 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: 2 × MAN 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines totalling 2,100–2,310 bhp (1,600–1,720 kW). Max rpm: 470-485
2 × Brown, Boveri & Cie GG UB 720/8 electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW). Max rpm: 322
Speed: 17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h) surfaced
8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) submerged
Range: 11,470 km (6,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced
175 km (94 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth: 220 m (720 ft)
Crush depth: 230–250 m (750–820 ft)
Complement: 42–46 officers & ratings
Armament: • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
• 11 × torpedoes or 22 TMA mines or 33 TMB mines
• 1 × 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun (220 rounds)
• 1 × C30 20 mm AA
Service record[1][2]
Part of: 2nd U-boat Flotilla
(16 November 1936–1 January 1941)
24th U-boat Flotilla
(2 January 1941–31 August 1943)
23rd U-boat Flotilla
(1 September–30 November 1943)
21st U-boat Flotilla
(1 December 1943–17 April 1944)
Identification codes: M 10 220
Commanders: Heinz Fischer
(16 November 1936–31 October 1938)
Georg-Heinz Michel
(1 November 1938–3 April 1939)
Kptlt. Otto Schuhart
(4 April 1939–2 January 1941)
Oblt. Georg Lassen
(3 January–14 September 1941)
Heinrich Hasenschar
(15 September 1941–5 May 1942)
Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach
(6 May–30 June 1942)
Oblt. Rudolf Zorn
(15 November 1942–20 August 1943)
Oblt. Eduard Aust
(21 August–2 November 1943)
Oblt. Graf Ulrich-Philipp von und zu Arco-Zinneberg
(3 November 1943–17 April 1944)
Operations: 1st patrol: 19 August–26 September 1939
2nd patrol: 14 November–16 December 1939
3rd patrol: 6 February–12 March 1940
4th patrol: 27 April–4 May 1940
5th patrol: 27 May–11 July 1940
6th patrol: 11 September–1 October 1940
7th patrol: 26 October–3 December 1940
Victories: 12 commercial ships sunk (67,277 GRT)
1 warship sunk (22,500 GRT)

German submarine U-29 was a Type VIIA U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She was laid down on 2 January 1936 and commissioned on 10 November 1936. During her career U-29 was involved in seven war patrols under the command of Kapitänleutnant Otto Schuhart. She was responsible for the first British warship sunk in the war, the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous, on 17 September 1939. (Three days earlier U-39 had attempted to torpedo HMS Ark Royal, but missed, and was sunk by three British destroyers; two years later German submarine U-81 crippled Ark Royal with one torpedo, sinking her with the loss of only one life.)

In U-29's entire career she sank 12 ships, totaling 67,277 GRT, and one warship totaling 22,500 GRT. At the beginning of 1941 U-29 was attached to 24th U-boat Flotilla as a training submarine and removed from front line duty. U-29 was used for training until April 1944 and as a range boat until her scuttling.

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Emblem

U-29's emblem was an oak leaf, with an anchor, and a knife or dagger. She also shared this emblem with U-3, U-120, U-747, U-1274 & U-1308.[3]

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Notes
  1. ^ "The Type VIIA boat U-29 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/boats/u29.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 
  2. ^ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-29 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/boats/patrols/u29.html. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 
  3. ^ uboat.net - Emblem database
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