Type | IIA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 2 Feb 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 11 Feb 1935 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 240) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Launched | 14 Aug 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 31 Aug 1935 | Oblt. Rolf Dau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Sank 19 March 1943 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau, in position 54.40N, 19.45E, in a diving accident. 21 dead and 16 survivors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-5 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-5 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 8 Jan 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 2 Jul 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 5 during WWI.
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