German submarine U-15 (1936)
For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-15.
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-15 |
| Ordered: | 2 February 1935 |
| Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 250 |
| Laid down: | 24 September 1935 |
| Launched: | 15 February 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 7 March 1936 |
| Fate: | Sunk 30 January 1940 in the North Sea at Hoofden. 25 dead[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| 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 06 991 |
| Commanders: |
Werner von Schmidt Hans Cohausz Heinz Buchholz Peter Frahm |
| Operations: | Five |
| Victories: | Three ships sunk for a total of 4,532 gross register tons (GRT) |
The German submarine U-15 was a Type IIB U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. It was commissioned on 7 March 1936, following construction at the Deutsche Werke shipyards at Kiel. Its first commander was Werner von Schmidt. In its career, it completed five patrols, all while serving under the 1st U-boat Flotilla. It sank three ships.
Fate
On 30 January 1940, U-15 was sunk in the North Sea at Hoofden, after being rammed by accident by the German torpedo boat Iltis. 25 men died, there were no survivors.[1]
Summary of raiding career
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1939 | Goodwood |  United Kingdom |
2,796 | Sunk |
| 21 September 1939 | Orsa | United Kingdom |
1,478 | Sunk |
| 28 December 1939 | Resercho | United Kingdom |
258 | Sunk |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kemp 1997, p. 63
- ↑ Gröner 1985, p. 67.
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-15". 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.
- Kemp, Paul (1997). U-Boats Destroyed, German submarine Losses in the World Wars. Arms and Armour. ISBN 1-85409-515-3.
External links
- Hofmann, Markus. "U 15". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type IIB boat U-15". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ubootwaffe.net webpage about U-15
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