List of all U-boats

U-24

Type

IIB

 
Ordered2 Feb 1935
Laid down21 Apr 1936 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 554)
Launched24 Sep 1936
Commissioned10 Oct 1936 
Commanders
3 Jul 1937 - 30 Sep 1937  Oblt. Heinz Buchholz
8 Oct 1937 - 17 Oct 1939  Kptlt. Udo Behrens
18 Oct 1939 - 29 Nov 1939  Kptlt. Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff
30 Nov 1939 - 21 Aug 1940  Oblt. Udo Heilmann (German Cross in Gold)
22 Aug 1940 - 10 Mar 1941  Oblt. Dietrich Borchert
11 Mar 1941 - 31 Jul 1941  Oblt. Helmut Hennig
1 Aug 1941 - 18 Apr 1942  Oblt. Hardo Rodler von Roithberg (German Cross in Gold)
14 Oct 1942 - 17 Nov 1942  Oblt. Klaus Petersen (German Cross in Gold)
18 Nov 1942 - 15 Apr 1943  Oblt. Clemens Schöler
16 Apr 1943 - 7 Apr 1944  Kptlt. Klaus Petersen (German Cross in Gold)
Jul, 1944 - 25 Aug 1944   Dieter Lenzmann
7 Apr 1944 - Jul, 1944  Oblt. (R) Martin Landt-Hayen
Career
19 patrols
1 Oct 1936-1 Aug 1939  3. Flottille (rb)
1 Sep 1939-17 Oct 1939  3. Flottille (active service)
18 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1939  1. Flottille (school boat)
1 Jan 1940-30 Apr 1940  1. Flottille (active service)
1 May 1940-30 Jun 1940  1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (school boat)
1 Jul 1940-18 Apr 1942  21. Flottille (school boat)
14 Oct 1942-25 Aug 1944  30. Flottille (active service)
Successes1 ship sunk, total tonnage 961 GRT
5 warships sunk, total tonnage 573 tons
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,661 GRT
1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 7,886 GRT
Fate

Scuttled on 25 August 1944 in the Black Sea off Constanza, in position 44.12N, 28.41E, after being badly damaged during a Soviet air raid (VVS VMF) on 20 August 1944.

The wreck was raised by the Soviets in spring 1945 and declared a total loss. Sunk on 26 May 1947 by a torpedo from the Soviet submarine M-120 off Sevastopol.

Loss position

See the 8 ships hit by U-24 - View the 19 war patrols

Attacks on this boat and other events

5 Nov 1942
19.18 hrs, Black Sea, off Poti, Georgia: U-24 fired a G7e torpedo at Soviet M/S trawler T-492, which passed beneath the target below the bridge. The trawler then forced U-24 to dive with gunfire. U-24 scored a hit at 21.37 hrs, but the torpedo was a dud. After U-24 had fired and missed with her last torpedo at 00.38 hrs on 6 November, the boat surfaced and exchanged fire with the 20mm AA gun, which malfunctioned shortly afterwards, forcing U-24 to break off the attack with slight damage to the conning tower from machine gun fire. (Sources: Ritschel)

29 Nov 1942
While patrolling in the Black Sea, Turkish coastal artillery fired three rounds at U-24, forcing her to dive. The commander stated that the boat was 7 or 8 nautical miles away from the Turkish coast at the time.

27 May 1944
The boat fought a surface battle with two Soviet patrol boats SW of Poti in the Black Sea. One man was killed and two wounded. [Matrosenobergefreiter Johann Wölbitsch]

3 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

27 May 1944
The boat fought a surface battle with two Soviet patrol boats SW of Poti in the Black Sea. One man was killed and two wounded. [Matrosenobergefreiter Johann Wölbitsch]

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -

U-boat Emblems

We have 5 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.


V

Black cat with Raised Back

Stalin on a Torpedo

White Whale

2 Fishes

Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs

Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor


amazon.co.uk
(£ 38.25)


German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel


Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II

Blair, Clay


U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1

Wynn, Kenneth


Hitler's U-boat War

Blair, Clay

There was another U-24 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 24 May 1913 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 6 Dec 1913. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about SM U 24 during WWI.




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