U-2

Type

IIA

 
Ordered2 Feb 1935
Laid down 11 Feb 1935 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 237)
Launched1 Jul 1935
Commissioned25 Jul 1935Oblt. Hermann Michahelles
Commanders
25 Jul 1935 - 30 Sep 1936   Hermann Michahelles
1 Oct 1936 - 31 Jan 1938  Kptlt. Heinrich Liebe (Knights Cross)
31 Jan 1938 - 16 Mar 1939  Oblt. Herbert Schultze (Knights Cross)
17 Mar 1939 - 5 Aug 1940  Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum (Knights Cross)
7 Jul 1940 - 5 Aug 1940  Oblt. Hans Heidtmann (in deputize) (Knights Cross) -- acting
6 Aug 1940 - Oct, 1941  Kptlt. Georg von Wilamowitz-Möllendorf
Oct, 1941 - 15 May 1942   Karl Kölzer
16 May 1942 - 19 Nov 1942  Oblt. Werner Schwaff
20 Nov 1942 - 12 Dec 1943  Oblt. Helmut Herglotz
13 Dec 1943 - 8 Apr 1944  Oblt. Wolfgang Schwarzkopf
Career2 patrols 1 Jul 1935 - 1 Aug 1939  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Sep 1939 - 1 Feb 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1940 - 1 Apr 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (front boat)
1 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Jul 1940 - 8 Apr 1944  21. Flottille (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sank 8 April, 1944 west of Pillau, in position 54.48N, 19.55E, after a collision with the German steam trawler Helmi Söhle.

Raised on 9 April, 1944 and stricken. 17 dead and 18 survivors.

View the 2 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

5 Apr 1940
In the North Sea, the British submarine HMS Unity (N 66) fired two torpedoes at the boat, but missed.

10 Apr 1940
At 18.21 hours, the boat was attacked with a bomb by a Wellington aircraft southwest of Norway. No damages.

2 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-2 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boats of World War Two Volume 1. Stern, Robert C., 1988.


There was another U-2 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 Jun 1908 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 18 Jul 1908. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 2 during WWI.