U-1, the first Type II boat |
| History |
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| Nazi Germany |
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| Name | U-5 |
| Ordered | 2 February 1935 |
| Builder | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number | 240 |
| Laid down | 11 February 1935 |
| Launched | 14 August 1935 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 1935 |
| Fate | Sunk 19 March 1943, west of Pillau in a diving accident. 21 dead and 16 survivors |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & type | Type IIA coastal submarine |
| Displacement |
- 254 t (250 long tons) surfaced
- 303 t (298 long tons) submerged
- 381 t (375 long tons) total
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| Length | |
| Beam |
- 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) (o/a)
- 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
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| Height | 8.60 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power |
- 700 PS (510 kW; 690 shp) (diesels)
- 360 PS (260 kW; 360 shp) (electric)
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
- 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
- 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) submerged
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| Range |
- 1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
- 35 nmi (65 km; 40 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
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| Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 22 men |
| Armament | |
| Service record |
| Part of: |
- U-boat School Flotilla
- 1 September 1935 – 1 September 1939
- 1 October 1939 – 1 February 1940
- 1 March 1940 – 1 April 1940
- 1 May 1940 – 30 June 1940
- 21st U-boat Flotilla
- 1 July 1940 – 19 March 1943
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| Identification codes: |
M 27 527 |
| Commanders: |
- Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Rolf Dau
- 31 August 1935 – 27 September 1936
- Kptlt. Gerhard Glattes
- 1 October 1936 – 2 February 1938
- Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Günter Kutschmann
- 3 February 1938 – 4 December 1939
- Kptlt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
- 5 December 1939 – 11 August 1940
- Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Herbert Opitz
- 12 August 1940 – 27 March 1941
- Oblt.z.S. Friedrich Bothe
- 28 March 1941 – 6 January 1942
- Oblt.z.S. Karl Friederich
- 7 January – 23 March 1942
- Lt.z.S. / Oblt.z.S. Hans-Dieter Mohs
- 26 March – May 1942
- Oblt.z.S. Kurt Pressel
- May - 9 November 1942
- Lt.z.S. / Oblt.z.S. Hermann Rahn
- 10 November 1942 – 19 March 1943
- Lt.z.S. Alfred Radermacher
- March 1943
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| Operations: |
- 2 patrols:
- 1st patrol:
- 24 August – 8 September 1939
- 2nd patrol:
- 4 – 19 April 1940
|
| Victories: |
No ships sunk or damaged |
German submarine U-5 was a Type IIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 11 February 1935, launched on 14 August and commissioned 31 August that year, under Oberleutnant zur See Rolf Dau.
U-5 served mostly as a training boat from 1935 to 1940, but did see two wartime patrols in 1940. She was transferred to the 21st U-boat Flotilla on 1 July 1940.
U-5 was sunk on 19 March 1943 in a diving accident west of Pillau (now Baltiysk in Russia); 16 of the 37-man crew survived.
