List of all U-boats

U-12

Type

IIB

 
Ordered20 Jul 1934
Laid down20 May 1935 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 546)
Launched11 Sep 1935
Commissioned30 Sep 1935Oblt. Werner von Schmidt
Commanders
30 Sep 1935 - 1 Oct 1937  Kptlt. Werner von Schmidt
Dec, 1936 - 1 Oct 1937   Hans Pauckstadt
1 Oct 1937 - 8 Oct 1939  Kptlt. Dietrich von der Ropp
Career
2 patrols
1 Sep 1935-1 Aug 1939  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep 1939-8 Oct 1939  3. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 8 Oct, 1939 in the English Channel near Dover, position not known, by a mine. 27 dead (all hands lost).

View the 2 war patrols

General notes on this boat

29 Oct 1939. The body of U-12's commanding officer, Kptlt. Dietrich von der Ropp, was washed ashore on the French coast near Dunkirk.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-12 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Hitler's U-boat War
Blair, Clay


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Books dealing with this subject include

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
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-12 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 6 May 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 13 Aug 1911. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 12 during WWI.