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| Ordered | 2 Feb 1935 |
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| Laid down | 11 Feb 1935 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 241) |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1935 |
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| Commissioned | 7 Sep 1935 | Oblt. Ludwig Mathes |
| Commanders | | 7 Sep 1935 | - | 30 Sep 1937 | | Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes | | 1 Oct 1937 | - | 17 Dec 1938 | | Werner Heidel | | 17 Dec 1938 | - | 26 Nov 1939 | | Joachim Matz | | Nov, 1939 | - | Dec, 1939 | | Oblt. Hans-Bernhard Michalowski -- Kdt i.V. | | 27 Nov 1939 | - | 17 Jan 1940 | | Oblt. Otto Harms | | 31 Jan 1940 | - | 10 Jul 1940 | | Oblt. Adalbert Schnee (Knights Cross) | | Jun, 1940 | - | Jul, 1940 | | Georg Peters | | 11 Jul 1940 | - | Mar, 1941 | | Oblt. Johannes Liebe | | Mar, 1941 | - | Sep, 1941 | | Kptlt. Eberhard Bopst | | Oct, 1941 | - | Aug, 1942 | | Herbert Brüninghaus | | Aug, 1942 | - | Sep, 1942 | | Oblt. Paul Just | | Sep, 1942 | - | 19 Oct 1942 | | Herbert Brüninghaus | | 20 Oct 1942 | - | Jun, 1943 | | Oblt. Otto Niethmann | | Jun, 1943 | - | 16 Apr 1944 | | Oblt. Alois König | | Aug, 1943 | - | Oct, 1943 | | Ltn. Horst Heitz | | 17 Apr 1944 | - | 9 Jul 1944 | | Ltn. Erwin Jestel |
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Career
2 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 (active service)
| | 1 May 1940 | - | 30 Jun 1940 | U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
| | 1 Jul 1940 | - | 7 Aug 1944 | 21. Flottille (school boat)
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged |
| Fate | Stricken 7 Aug, 1944 at Gotenhafen (Gdynia, Poland).
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View the 2 war patrols
General notes on this boat
* Georg Peters sailed on the following U-boats during WWI: SM U-25, SM U-52 and SM U-96.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-6 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
There was another U-6 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 May 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 12 Aug 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 6 during WWI.
