U-34
Type | VIIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Mar 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 15 Sep 1935 | F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 557) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 17 Jul 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 12 Sep 1936 | Kptlt. Ernst Sobe | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career | 7 patrols | 12 Sep 1936 - 31 Aug 1939 2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jan 1940 - 30 Sep 1940 2. Flottille (front boat) 1 Oct 1940 - 1 Nov 1940 21. Flottille (school boat) 2 Nov 1940 - 5 Aug 1943 24. Flottille (training) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successes | 19 ships sunk for a total of 91,989 GRT 3 warships sunk for a total of 2,365 tons 2 ships captured for a total of 4,957 GRT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sank at 2155hrs on 5 August, 1943 at Memel in position 55.42N, 21.09E after a collision with the U-boat submarine tender Lech. 4 dead and 39 survivors. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See the 24 ships hit by U-34 - View the 7 war patrols
The boat was raised again on 24 Aug, 1943 and stricken on 8 Sept, 1943.
General notes on this boat
12 Dec 1936. U-34, in 1936, took a supervisory part in the German Operation Ursula in Spanish waters during the Civil War there. The boat, then under the command of Kptlt. Harald Grosse, sank the Spanish submarine C-3 on 12 Dec, 1936. Read our article on the incident.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-34 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-34 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 9 May 1914 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 5 Oct 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 34 during WWI.