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U-5

Type

IIA

 
Ordered2 Feb, 1935
Laid down 11 Feb, 1935 Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 240)
Launched14 Aug, 1935
Commissioned31 Aug, 1935Oblt. Rolf Dau
Commanders
31 Aug, 1935 - 27 Sep, 1936   Rolf Dau
1 Oct, 1936 - 2 Feb, 1938   Gerhard Glattes
3 Feb, 1938 - 4 Dec, 1939  Kptlt. Günter Kutschmann
5 Dec, 1939 - 11 Aug, 1940  Kptlt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (Knights Cross)
12 Aug, 1940 - 27 Mar, 1941   Herbert Opitz
28 Mar, 1941 - 6 Jan, 1942   Friedrich Bothe
7 Jan, 1942 - 23 Mar, 1942  Oblt. Karl Friederich
26 Mar, 1942 - May, 1942   Hans-Dieter Mohs
May, 1942 - 9 Nov, 1942   Kurt Pressel
10 Nov, 1942 - 19 Mar, 1943  Ltn. Hermann Rahn
Mar, 1943 - Mar, 1943   Alfred Radermacher
Career2 patrols 1 Sep, 1935 - 1 Sep, 1939  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Oct, 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 - 19 Mar, 1943  21. Flottille (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sank 19 March, 1943 west of Pillau, in position 54.40N, 19.45E, in a diving accident. 21 dead and 16 survivors.

View the 2 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-5 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel

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German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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


There was another U-5 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 8 Jan, 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 2 Jul, 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 5 during WWI.