German submarine U-13 (1935)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-13 |
| Ordered | 2 February 1935 |
| Builder | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Yard number | 248 |
| Laid down | 20 June 1935 |
| Launched | 9 November 1935 |
| Commissioned | 30 November 1935 |
| Fate | Sunk 31 May 1940, in the North Sea. 26 survivors |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | IIB |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) Surfaced 279 Tons Submerged 329 Tons |
| Length | 42.7m (140.2Ft) |
| Beam | 4.1m (13.5Ft) |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) Surfaced:13 Knots Submerged:7 Knots |
| Endurance | list error: <br /> list (help) Surfaced 1,800 Miles at 12 Knots Submerged 43 Miles at 4 Knots |
| Crew | 25 |
| Armament | 3 Fore Torpedo tubes with 6 21 inch Torpedos and 1 20mm AA gun on fore-deck |
| Service record | |
| Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Kriegsmarine: 1st U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 15 421 |
| Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain Heinz Scheringer Wolfgang Lüth Max-Martin Schulte |
| Operations: | Nine |
| Victories: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Nine ships sunk for a total of 28,056 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help) Three ships damaged for a total of 26,218 GRT |
German submarine U-13 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine which was commissioned on 30 November 1936, following construction at the Deutsche Werke shipyards at Kiel. The first commander on board was Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen. In its career it completed nine patrols, all while serving with the 1st U-boat Flotilla. It succeeded in sinking nine ships and damaging three more.
Fate
U-13 was sunk on 31 May 1940, in the North Sea 11 miles south-east of Lowestoft, in position 52°26′N 02°02′E / 52.433°N 2.033°E by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Weston. There were no casualties.
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1939 | Magdapur |  United Kingdom |
8,641 | Sunk (mine) |
| 16 September 1939 | City of Paris | United Kingdom |
10,902 | Sunk (mine) |
| 24 September 1939 | Phyrné |  France |
2,660 | Sunk (mine) |
| 30 September 1939 | Cairnmona | United Kingdom |
4,666 | Sunk |
| 19 November 1939 | Bowling | United Kingdom |
793 | Sunk |
| 6 January 1940 | City of Marseilles | United Kingdom |
8,317 | Damaged (mine) |
| 31 January 1940 | Start |  Norway |
1,168 | Sunk |
| 1 February 1940 | Fram |  Sweden |
2,491 | Sunk |
| 6 February 1940 | Anu |  Estonia |
1,421 | Sunk (mine) |
| 17 April 1940 | Swainby | United Kingdom |
4,935 | Sunk |
| 26 April 1940 | Lily |  Denmark |
1,281 | Sunk |
| 28 April 1940 | Scottish American | United Kingdom |
6,999 | Damaged |
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