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U-52

Type

VIIB

 
Ordered15 May, 1937
Laid down 9 Mar, 1937 Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 587)
Launched21 Dec, 1938
Commissioned4 Feb, 1939Kptlt. Wolfgang Barten
Commanders
4 Feb, 1939 - 17 Sep, 1939  Oblt. Wolfgang Barten
14 Nov, 1939 - 9 Jun, 1941  Kptlt. Otto Salman
20 Mar, 1941 - 15 Apr, 1941  Kptlt. Helmut Möhlmann (Knights Cross)
10 Jun, 1941 - 6 Jul, 1941  Kptlt. Wolf-Rüdiger von Rabenau
7 Jul, 1941 - 13 Jan, 1942  Oblt. Baron Walter von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen
16 Jan, 1942 - 24 Jul, 1942   Friedrich Mumm
25 Jul, 1942 - 31 Mar, 1943  Oblt. Hermann Rossmann
1 Apr, 1943 - 22 Oct, 1943  Oblt. Ernst-August Racky
Career8 patrols 4 Feb, 1939 - 31 Aug, 1939  7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939  7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan, 1940 - 31 May, 1941  7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jun, 1941 - 31 Mar, 1942  26. Flottille (training)
1 Apr, 1942 - 30 Sep, 1943  24. Flottille (training)
1 Oct, 1943 - 21 Oct, 1943  23. Flottille (training)
Successes13 ships sunk for a total of 56.333 GRT
Fate

Stricken at Danzig in October 1943. Transferred to Kiel. Scuttled there on 3 May, 1945. Broken up in 1946-47.

See the 13 ships hit by U-52 - View the 8 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-52 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Without name (1 Dec, 1940 - 3 Dec, 1940)

Attacks on this boat

4 Aug, 1940
The boat was severely damaged by depth charges from British escorts requiring 4 months of repairs. Date given here may be an approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 178)

1 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-52 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
Kafbátahernaður, Schopka, Julius, 1928
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-52 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 8 Dec, 1915 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 16 Mar, 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 52 during WWI.