German submarine U-24 (1936)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | U-24 |
| Ordered | 2 February 1935 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number | 554 |
| Laid down | 21 April 1936 |
| Launched | 24 September 1936 |
| Commissioned | 10 October 1936 |
| Fate | Scuttled on 25 August 1944, at Constanza in the Black Sea |
| 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 | Three fore torpedo tubes with 6 x 21 inch Torpedos and 1 x 20mm AA gun on fore-deck |
| Service record | |
| Part of: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Kriegsmarine: 1st U-boat Flotilla 3rd U-boat Flotilla 21st U-boat Flotilla 30th U-boat Flotilla |
| Identification codes: | M 24 897 |
| Commanders: |
list error: <br /> list (help) Heinz Buchholz Udo Behrens Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff Udo Heilmann Dietrich Borchert]] Helmut Hennig Hardo Rodler von Roithberg Klaus Petersen Clemens Schöler Dieter Lenzmann Martin Landt-Hayen |
| Operations: | 20 |
| Victories: |
list error: <br /> list (help) One ship sunk for a total of 961 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help); five warships sunk for a total of 571 tons; one ship damaged of 7.661 GRT; one ship a total loss - 7,886 GRT |
German submarine U-24 was a Type IIB U-boat that was in service during World War II. She was laid down on 21 April 1936 at the F. Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel with yardnumber 554, launched on 24 September and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 10 October. Oberleutnant Heinz Bucholz took command on 3 July 1937.
Fate
To serve in the 30th U-boat Flotilla, she was transported overland and via the Danube to the Black Sea. On 25 August 1944, U-24 was scuttled at Konstanza, on the Romanian Black Sea coast to prevent the advancing Soviet forces from capturing it. She was raised by the Soviet Union in early 1945, but sunk as target practice by the Soviet submarine M-120 on 26 May 1947, off Sevastopol (also sunk that same day was the former U-18).
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 November 1943 | Carmarthen Coast |  United Kingdom |
961 | Sunk (mine) |
| 31 March 1943 | Kreml' |  Soviet Union |
7,661 | Damaged |
| 15 June 1943 | BTSC Zashitnik (No 26) | Soviet Union |
441 | Sunk |
| 30 July 1943 | Emba | Soviet Union |
7,866 | Total loss |
| 22 August 1943 | DB-36 | Soviet Union |
9 | Sunk |
| 22 August 1943 | DB-37 | Soviet Union |
9 | Sunk |
| 31 October 1943 | SKA-38 | Soviet Union |
56 | Sunk |
| 12 May 1944 | SKA-0376 | Soviet Union |
56 | Sunk |
References
- U-boat.net webpage for U-24
- ubootwaffe.net webpage about U-24
- u-boot-archiv.de webpage for U-24
- U-24 documentary for U-24
See also
44°12′N 28°41′E / 44.200°N 28.683°E