German submarine U-23 (1936)
- German submarine U-23 (1936)
"Unterseeboot" 23 (usually abbreviated to U-23) was a German IIB type U-boat of the Nazi Kriegsmarine, built in Germaniawerft, Kiel, laid down on April 11 1936 and commissioned on September 24 1936.
Career
At 4:45 am on October 4 1939, "U-23" scored one of the early successes of the Kriegsmarine in the war when she torpedoed and sank by gunfire the merchant ship Glen Farg about 60 miles south-southwest of Sumburgh Head. One person died, while 16 survivors were picked up by HMS Firedrake and landed at Kirkwall the next day.
In 16 patrols "U-23" sank 7 ships for a total of GRT|11.179|metric including two warships, as well as damaging a warship and an auxiliary warship.
Over the course of her service with the Kriegsmarine "U-23" had ten commanding officers, the most famous of whom was Kapitänleutnant Otto Kretschmer, who went on to become the top scoring U-boat ace. After service in the Atlantic with the 1. Unterseebootsflottille, "U-23" served as a school boat with the 21. Unterseebootsflottille from July, 1940 until September, 1942. "U-23" was then refit and transported overland to the Black Sea port of Constanţa, Romania, with the 30. Unterseebootsflottille until September, 1944.
Fate
U-23 was scuttled by her crew on September 10, 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea at position coord|41|11|N|30|00|E|type:landmark to prevent capture by the advancing Soviets.
On February 3, 2008, The Telegraph reported that U-23 had been discovered by Selçuk Kolay, a Turkish marine engineer, in 160 feet of water, three miles from the town of Agva. [Cite news
author = Jasper Copping
title = Adolf Hitler's 'lost fleet' found in Black Sea
url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;?xml=/news/2008/02/03/whitler103.xml
publisher = Telegraph.co.uk
date = 4 February 2008]
References
* [http://www.uboat.net/boats/u23.htm U-boat.net webpage for "U-23"]
* [http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=23 ubootwaffe.net webpage about "U-23"]
* [http://www.u-boot-archiv.de/dieboote/u0023.html u-boot-archiv.de webpage for "U-23"]
*cite web|url=http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/auto/newsdesk/20080104112405ymnews.html|accessdate=2008-02-05
title=U-23
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