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Re: Midget Submarines
Posted by: Rainer ()
Date: January 03, 2010 02:14PM

Hi Uwe

It's difficult to compile a list of confirmed successes for the midget submarines due to the circumstances they fought. If the crew returned or was captured they could claim a sinking that was taken into account when assessing the successes after the war, but often the midget submarines simply disappeared after departing from base and their successes were probably assessed as mine explosion as the area where they fought was heavily mined.

So I can only provide you with a list of successes where it is known or thought that a midget submarine was responsible. The only confirmed success of a Biber midget submarine is the freighter ALAN-A-DALE (4702 tons), sunk on 23.12.44

Seehund midget submarines:
02.01.45 M/S trawler HMS HAYBURN WYKE (324 tons) sunk by crew Paulsen/Huth
15.02.45 tanker LISETA (2628 tons) damaged by crew Ziepult/Reck
22.02.45 landing ship HMS LST-364 (1625 tons) sunk by unknown Seehund
24.02.45 cable ship ALERT (941 tons) sunk by crew Sparbrodt/Jahnke
13.03.45 freighter TABER PARK (2878 tons) sunk by crew Huber/Eckloff
21.03.45 freighter CHARLES D. MCIVER (7176 tons) sunk by crew Hauschel/Hesel
25.03.45 motor launch HMML-466 (85 tons) sunk by crew Meyer/Schauerte
26.03.45 freighter NEWLANDS (1556 tons) sunk by crew Küllmeyer/Raschke
30.03.45 coaster JIM (833 tons) sunk by unknown Seehund
09.04.45 tanker Y-17 (484 tons) sunk by crew Pander/Vogel
09.04.45 freighter SAMIDA (7219 tons) sunk by crew Buttmann/Schmidt
09.04.45 freighter SOLOMON JUNEAU (7176 tons) sunk by crew Buttmann/Schmidt
11.04.45 freighter PORT WYNDHAM (8480 tons) damaged by crew Markworth/Spallek
16.04.45 cable ship MONARCH (1150 tons) sunk by crew Wilken/Bauditz

So the most successful attack was carried out by the crew of Buttmann/Schmidt against the convoy TBC-123 on 9 April 1945.

Best regards
Rainer

Crew member of uboat.net

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Midget Submarines Uwe W. 12/30/2009 03:35AM
Re: Midget Submarines Rainer 01/03/2010 02:14PM
Re: Midget Submarines Uwe W. 01/04/2010 12:31AM
Re: Midget Submarines Rainer 01/04/2010 01:22AM
Re: Midget Submarines vito 01/04/2010 08:17AM
Re: Midget Submarines Uwe W. 01/05/2010 05:19AM


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