German submarine U-A

U-A was the official call-sign of one of fourteen U-Boats that made up the Foreign U-Boats of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

Built at Kiel as one of four submarines for Turkey, the "Batiray" as it was to have been named, was not handed over to the Turkish Navy but commissioned into the German Navy. A sister-ship the "Saldiray" had been delivered in June. The two remaining ("Atilay" and "Yildiray") were built slowly in Turkish shipyards. [http://uboat.net/boats/foreign_ua.htm]

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U-A was commissioned on 30 April 1939 under the initial command of Hans Cohausz, and later Hans Eckerman.

U-A was attacked on March 8th,1 941, by the destroyer "HMS Wolverine", but survived. During its service, it sank 7 allied ships, including the British 13,950 ton armed merchant cruiser HMS "Andania". Only 9 ships in total were destroyed by the Foreign U-Boat corps, U-A destroying 7 of those while damaging another 3. It was decommissioned and scuttled on 3 May 1945, as the war was drawing to a close.

ee also

*Oruç Reis class submarine

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