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Re: Graduation Class 1926, U-Boat School.
Posted by: Ken Dunn ()
Date: April 26, 2007 05:46PM

Hi Paul,

There was no 1926 U-boat school class. Germany was still forbidden to have U-boats at that time. I expect you are asking about Crew 26 – all officer candidates who joined the German Navy in 1926.

The member’s area here will let you find a list of the U-boat commanders that were Crew 26 regardless of when they went to U-boat school or when they took the commander’s course. You can probably write the German Naval Academy for a list of all of the men (officers) in Crew 26 (enlisted men did not have a Crew designation). That list will include those who were never part of the U-bootwaffe as well as those who were.

Naval Records
Marineschule Mürwik
Wehrgeschichtliches Ausbildungszentrum
Kelmstr. 14,
24944 Flensburg,
Germany
Tel. 0461-317- 2734
Fax. 0461-317-2535

If you are looking for enlisted men who joined the German navy in 1926 I’m not sure where to look for that. Perhaps WASt has a list:

Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt)
Eichborndamm 179, D-13403 Berlin
Tel. +49 (030) 41904-0
Fax. +49 (030) 41904-100
Web site: www.com-de.pair.com/wast

Nobody joined the U-bootwaffe directly. All joined the German navy first and then were transferred to the U-bootwaffe sometime after their initial training – sometimes many years after. Also note that there were various U-boat schools depending on whether you were an officer or an enlisted man. There was a U-boat school for enlisted men serving on U-boats, one for officers serving on a U-boat, and there was a commander’s course. There were many specialized courses/schools in addition to the basic schools too.

Regards,

Ken Dunn

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Graduation Class 1926, U-Boat School. paul tjader 04/26/2007 04:45PM
Re: Graduation Class 1926, U-Boat School. Ken Dunn 04/26/2007 05:46PM
Re: Graduation Class 1926, U-Boat School. paul tjader 04/26/2007 06:08PM
Re: Graduation Class 1926, U-Boat School. FAlmeida 04/26/2007 10:35PM


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