German submarine U-13 (1935)
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-13.
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-13 |
| Ordered: | 2 February 1935 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 248 |
| Laid down: | 20 June 1935 |
| Launched: | 9 November 1935 |
| Commissioned: | 30 November 1935 |
| Fate: | Sunk 31 May 1940, in the North Sea. 26 survivors |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | IIB |
| Type: | Coastal submarine |
| Displacement: | 279 t (275 long tons) surfaced 328 t (323 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 42.70 m (140 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × propeller shafts 2 × MWM four-stroke diesel engines, 700 shp (520 kW) 2 × Siemens-Schuckert electric motor, 360 shp (270 kW) |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 35–43 nmi (65–80 km; 40–49 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth: | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement: | 3 officers, 22 men |
| Armament: |
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| 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: | Nine |
| Victories: |
Nine ships sunk for a total of 28,056 GRT Two ships damaged for a total of 14,316 GRT |
German submarine U-13 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine which was commissioned on 30 November 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 while serving with the 1st U-boat Flotilla. It succeeded in sinking nine ships and damaging two more.
Fate
U-13 was sunk on 31 May 1940, in the North Sea 11 miles south-east of Lowestoft, in position 52°26′N 02°02′E / 52.433°N 2.033°ECoordinates: 52°26′N 02°02′E / 52.433°N 2.033°E by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Weston. There were no casualties.
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1939 | Magdapur |  United Kingdom |
8,641 | Sunk (mine) |
| 16 September 1939 | City of Paris | United Kingdom |
10,902 | damaged (mine) |
| 24 September 1939 | Phyrné |  France |
2,660 | Sunk (mine) |
| 30 September 1939 | Cairnmona | United Kingdom |
4,666 | Sunk |
| 19 November 1939 | Bowling | United Kingdom |
793 | Sunk |
| 6 January 1940 | City of Marseilles | United Kingdom |
8,317 | Damaged (mine) |
| 31 January 1940 | Start |  Norway |
1,168 | Sunk |
| 1 February 1940 | Fram |  Sweden |
2,491 | Sunk |
| 6 February 1940 | Anu |  Estonia |
1,421 | Sunk (mine) |
| 17 April 1940 | Swainby | United Kingdom |
4,935 | Sunk |
| 26 April 1940 | Lily |  Denmark |
1,281 | Sunk |
| 28 April 1940 | Scottish American | United Kingdom |
6,999 | Damaged |
References
- ↑ Gröner 1985, p. 67.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-13". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). Deutsche U-Boot-Verluste von September 1939 bis Mai 1945. Der U-Boot-Krieg (in German) IV (Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn: Mittler). ISBN 3-8132-0514-2.
- Gröner, Erich (1985). U-Boote, Hilfskreuzer, Minenschiffe, Netzleger, Sperrbrecher. Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German) III (Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe). ISBN 3-7637-4802-4.
External links
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 13". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IIB boat U-13". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ubootwaffe.net webpage about U-13
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