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U-17

Type

IIB

 
Ordered2 Feb, 1935
Laid down 1 Jul, 1935 Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 547)
Launched14 Nov, 1935
Commissioned3 Dec, 1935Oblt. Werner Fresdorf
Commanders
3 Dec, 1935 - 1 Nov, 1937  Kptlt. Werner Fresdorf
2 Nov, 1937 - 11 Sep, 1939   Heinz von Reiche
11 Sep, 1939 - 17 Oct, 1939   Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff
18 Oct, 1939 - 5 Jan, 1940   Wolf-Harro Stiebler
6 Jan, 1940 - 7 Jul, 1940  Kptlt. Udo Behrens
8 Jul, 1940 - 4 Jan, 1941  Oblt. Herwig Collmann
5 Jan, 1941 - 15 Oct, 1941  Kptlt. Wolfgang Schultze
2 Oct, 1941 - 14 Oct, 1941   Otto Wollschläger
16 Oct, 1941 - 31 May, 1942  Oblt. Ernst Heydemann
1 Jun, 1942 - 22 Feb, 1943   Walter Sitek
23 Feb, 1943 - 25 May, 1944  Oblt. Karl-Heinz Schmidt
26 May, 1944 - 21 Dec, 1944  Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Bartsch
Career4 patrols 1 Dec, 1935 - 1 Aug, 1939  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Oct, 1939  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Nov, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939  U-Ausbildungsflottille (training)
1 Jan, 1940 - 30 Apr, 1940  U-Ausbildungsflottille (front boat)
1 May, 1940 - 28 Feb, 1943  U-Abwehrschule (school boat)
1 Mar, 1943 - 8 May, 1945  22. Flottille (school boat)
Successes3 ships sunk for a total of 1.825 GRT
Fate

Scuttled on 5 May, 1945 at Wilhelmshaven at the western entrance to the Raeder lock.

See the 3 ships hit by U-17 - View the 4 war patrols

General notes on this boat

On 4 February, 1940 U-17 had to break off her patrol due to serious engine trouble in the North Sea.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-17 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel

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German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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-17 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 16 Apr, 1912 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 3 Nov, 1912. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 17 during WWI.