German submarine U-19 (1936)
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-19 |
| Ordered: | February 2, 1935 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 549 |
| Laid down: | July 20, 1935 |
| Launched: | December 21, 1935 |
| Commissioned: | January 16, 1936 |
| Fate: | Scuttled September 11, 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea. |
| Class and type: | IIB |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine: 1st U-boat Flotilla 22nd U-boat Flotilla 24th U-boat Flotilla 30th U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 23 036 |
| Commanders: | Viktor Schütze Hans Meckel Wilhelm Müller-Arnecke Joachim Schepke Wilfried Prellberg Peter Lohmeyer Wolfgang Kaufmann Rudolf Schendel Gerhard Litterscheid Hans-Ludwig Gaude Willy Ohlenburg Hubert Verpoorten |
| Operations: | 20 |
| Victories: | 14 ships sunk for a total of 35,430 gross register tons (GRT) 1 warship sunk for a total of 441 tons |
German submarine U-19 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine that was in use during World War II. Her keel was laid down on July 20, 1935 at the Germaniawerft of Kiel. She was launched on December 21, 1935, and commissioned on January 16, 1936, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Viktor Schütze.
U-19 conducted 20 patrols, sinking 15 ships totalling 35,871 tons. On May 1, 1940, U-19 was withdrawn from combat duty and used for training and as a school boat. On May 1, 1942, she returned to active duty in the 30th U-boat Flotilla after having been transported via land and the Danube to the Black Sea.
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[edit] Fate
On September 10, 1944, she was scuttled in the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey. U-19 suffered no casualties to any of her crews.
On February 3, 2008, the Telegraph newspaper reported that U-20 and U-23 have been discovered by Selçuk Kolay, a Turkish marine engineer. He thinks he is also close to pinpointing the U-19, thought to lie more than 1,000 feet (300 m) down, three miles from the Turkish city of Zonguldak.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Adolf Hitler's "Lost fleet" found in Black Sea, The Telegraph, Retrieved 2010-12-27
[edit] External links
- "U-19". uboat.net. http://uboat.net/boats/u19.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- "U-19". U-Boat Operations. Kriegsmarine and U-Boat history, ubootwaffe.net. http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=19. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- "U-19". u-boot-archiv.de. Kriegsmarine and U-Boat history, u-boot-archiv.de. http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0017.html. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- "U-19". http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/auto/newsdesk/20080104112405ymnews.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
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Coordinates: 41°34′N 31°50′E / 41.567°N 31.833°E
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