German submarine U-20 (1936)
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-20 |
| Ordered: | February 2, 1935 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number: | 550 |
| Laid down: | August 1, 1935 |
| Launched: | January 14, 1936 |
| Commissioned: | February 1, 1936 |
| Identification: | M 29 241 |
| Fate: | Scuttled September 10, 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | IIB |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Kriegsmarine 1st U-boat Flotilla 3rd U-boat Flotilla 21st U-boat Flotilla 30th U-boat Flotilla |
| Commanders: | Hans Eckermann Karl-Heinz Moehle Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt Heinrich Driver Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche Ottokar Arnold Paulshen Herbert Schauenburg Wolfgang Sträter Kurt Nölke Clemens Schöler Karl Grafen |
| Operations: | 17 patrols |
| Victories: | 13 ships sunk for a total of 30,067 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 1,846 GRT 2 ships a total loss for a total of 8,446 GRT |
German submarine U-20 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down August 1, 1935 by Germaniawerft of Kiel. She was commissioned on February 1, 1936. During the World War II, she conducted operations against enemy shipping.
U-20 went on 17 war patrols, sinking 16 ships totalling 39,637 tons and damaging one more of 1,846 tons.
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[edit] Fate
To serve in the 30th U-boat Flotilla, she was transported via land and the Danube to the Black Sea. On June 26, 1943, U-20 was attacked with depth charges in the Black Sea by a convoy escort. The damage was such that she had to return to base. She was scuttled on September 10, 1944 in the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey.
On February 3, 2008, the Telegraph newspaper reported that U-20 had been discovered by Selçuk Kolay, a Turkish marine engineer, in 80 feet of water off the coast of the Turkish city of Zonguldak.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Adolf Hitler's "Lost fleet" found in Black Sea, The Telegraph, Retrieved 2010-12-27
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Coordinates: 41°10′N 30°47′E / 41.167°N 30.783°E
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