U-17

Type

IIB

 
Ordered2 Feb 1935
Laid down1 Jul 1935 F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, 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  Kptlt. 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
Career
4 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

4 Feb 1940. 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.


We have emblem entries for this boat!

You can view the emblems here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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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-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.