U-28

Type

VIIA

 
Ordered1 Apr 1935
Laid down 2 Dec 1935 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 909)
Launched14 Jul 1936
Commissioned12 Sep 1936Kptlt. Wilhelm Ambrosius
Commanders
12 Sep 1936 - 1 Nov 1938  Kptlt. Wilhelm Ambrosius
1936/37 - 30 Sep 1937   Hans-Günther Looff
28 Oct 1938 - Nov, 1938  Oblt. Fritz-Julius Lemp (Knights Cross)
28 Oct 1938 - 16 Nov 1940  Kptlt. Günter Kuhnke (Knights Cross)
16 Nov 1940 - 11 Feb 1941  Oblt. Friedrich Guggenberger (Knights Cross)
12 Feb 1941 - 21 Jun 1941   Heinrich Ratsch
22 Jun 1941 - 20 Mar 1942   Hermann Eckhardt
1 Jul 1942 - 30 Nov 1942  Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross)
1 Dec 1942 - Jul, 1943  Oblt. Uwe Christiansen
Jul, 1943 - 1 Dec 1943  Oblt. Erich Krempl
2 Dec 1943 - 17 Mar 1944  Oblt. Dietrich Sachse
Career6 patrols 12 Sep 1936 - 31 Aug 1939  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939  2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1940 - 9 Nov 1940  2. Flottille (front boat)
10 Nov 1940 - 30 Nov 1943  24. Flottille (training)
1 Dec 1943 - 17 Mar 1944  22. Flottille (school boat)
Successes11 ships sunk for a total of 42,252 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 4,443 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 10,067 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 9,577 GRT
Fate

Sunk 17 March, 1944 at Neustadt U-boat pier, in position 54.07N, 10.50E in an operational accident. Raised in March 1944. Stricken on 4 August, 1944.

See the 15 ships hit by U-28 - View the 6 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-28 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Prien (12 Jun 1940 - 15 Jun 1940)
   Without name (19 Oct 1940 - 20 Oct 1940)

Attacks on this boat

13 Nov 1940
The U-28 met an enemy submarine in the North-Atlantic. Two detonations astern were heard, as the enemy sub apparently made an unsuccessful attack.

1 recorded attack 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-28 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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.
Huelva en la II Guerra Mundial. Ramírez Copeiro del Villar, Jesús, 1996.
In Peril on the Sea. Kane, James S., 1994.
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.


There was another U-28 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 30 Aug 1913 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 26 Jun 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 28 during WWI.