Unterseeboot 15 (1936)
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Career (Nazi Germany) | |
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Name: | U-15 |
Ordered: | February 2, 1935 |
Builder: | Deutsche Werke, Kiel, yard 250 |
Laid down: | September 24, 1935 |
Launched: | February 15, 1936 |
Commissioned: | March 7, 1936 |
Fate: | Sunk January 30, 1940 in the North Sea at Hoofden. 25 dead. |
Class and type: | Type II U-boat |
Service record | |
Part of | Kriegsmarine: 1. Unterseebootsflottille |
Identification codes | M 06 991 |
Commanders | Werner von Schmidt Hans Cohausz Heinz Buchholz Peter Frahm |
Operations | 5 |
Victories | 3 ships sunk for a total of 4.532 gross register tons (GRT) |
Unterseeboot 15 (also known as U-15) was a German IIB U-boat which was commissioned in March 7, 1936 following construction at the Deutsche Werke shipyards at Kiel. Its first commander was Werner von Schmidt. In its career, it completed 5 patrols, all serving under 1. Unterseebootflottille. It sank 3 ships.
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On January 30, 1940, U-15 was sunk in the North Sea at Hoofden, after being rammed by accident by the German torpedo boat Iltis. There were 25 dead and no survivors.
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