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U-6

Type

IIA

 
Ordered2 Feb 1935
Laid down11 Feb 1935 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 241)
Launched21 Aug 1935
Commissioned7 Sep 1935Oblt. Ludwig Mathes
Commanders
7 Sep 1935 - 30 Sep 1937  Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes
1 Oct 1937 - 17 Dec 1938  Oblt. Werner Heidel
17 Dec 1938 - 26 Nov 1939  Kptlt. Joachim Matz
Nov, 1939 - Dec, 1939  Oblt. Hans-Bernhard Michalowski -- Kdt i.V.
27 Nov 1939 - 17 Jan 1940  Oblt. Otto Harms
31 Jan 1940 - 10 Jul 1940  Oblt. Adalbert Schnee (Knights Cross)
Jun, 1940 - Jul, 1940  Kptlt. Georg Peters
11 Jul 1940 - Mar, 1941  Oblt. Johannes Liebe
Mar, 1941 - Sep, 1941  Kptlt. Eberhard Bopst
Oct, 1941 - Aug, 1942   Herbert Brüninghaus
Aug, 1942 - Sep, 1942  Oblt. Paul Just (German Cross in Gold)
Sep, 1942 - 19 Oct 1942  Oblt. Herbert Brüninghaus
20 Oct 1942 - Jun, 1943  Oblt. Otto Niethmann
Jun, 1943 - 16 Apr 1944  Oblt. Alois König
Aug, 1943 - Oct, 1943  Ltn. Horst Heitz
17 Apr 1944 - 9 Jul 1944  Ltn. Erwin Jestel
Career
2 patrols
1 Sep 1935-1 Sep 1939  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Oct 1939-1 Feb 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1940-1 Apr 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (active service)
1 May 1940-30 Jun 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Jul 1940-7 Aug 1944  21. Flottille (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Decommissioned 7 August 1944 in Gotenhafen (today Gdynia, Poland) and cannibalized for spare parts. In early 1945 hulk was towed west to Stolpmünde (today Utska, Poland) and captured by Soviet forces on 9 March 1945.

Scuttled in late 1945 in Stolpmünde harbor by Russians after being inspected by the Tripartite Naval Commission (TNC) on 28 August 1945. Raised by the Polish harbor authority in 1950 and broken up in 1951.

View the 2 war patrols

General notes on this boat

* Georg Peters sailed on the following U-boats during WWI: SM U-25, SM U-52 and SM U-96.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-6 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


Media links


German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1
Wynn, Kenneth


Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay

There was another U-6 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 May 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 12 Aug 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 6 during WWI.




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