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U-19

Type

IIB

 
Ordered2 Feb, 1935
Laid down 20 Jul, 1935 Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 549)
Launched21 Dec, 1935
Commissioned16 Jan, 1936Kptlt. Viktor Schütze (Oak Leaves)
Commanders
16 Jan, 1936 - 30 Sep, 1937  Kptlt. Viktor Schütze (Knights Cross)
30 Sep, 1937 - 1 Nov, 1939   Hans Meckel
2 Nov, 1939 - 2 Jan, 1940   Wilhelm Müller-Arnecke
3 Jan, 1940 - 30 Apr, 1940  Kptlt. Joachim Schepke (Knights Cross)
1 May, 1940 - 19 Jun, 1940   Wilfried Prellberg
20 Jun, 1940 - 20 Oct, 1940   Peter Lohmeyer
21 Oct, 1940 - 8 Nov, 1940   Wolfgang Kaufmann
8 Nov, 1940 - 31 May, 1941   Rudolf Schendel
1 Jun, 1941 - Feb, 1942   Gerhard Litterscheid
16 Dec, 1941 - Feb, 1942   Hans-Ludwig Gaude
Feb, 1942 - 30 Apr, 1942   Hans-Ludwig Gaude
1 Oct, 1942 - 2 Dec, 1943  Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Gaude
3 Dec, 1943 - 6 Sep, 1944  Oblt. Willy Ohlenburg
7 Sep, 1944 - 11 Sep, 1944  Oblt. Hubert Verpoorten
Career20 patrols 1 Jan, 1936 - 1 Aug, 1939  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan, 1940 - 30 Apr, 1940  1. Flottille (front boat)
1 May, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1940  1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (training)
1 Jul, 1940 - 18 Dec, 1940  24. Flottille (training)
19 Dec, 1940 - 1 May, 1942  22. Flottille (school boat)
1 Oct, 1942 - 11 Sep, 1944  30. Flottille (front boat)
Successes14 ships sunk for a total of 35.430 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 441 tons
Fate

Scuttled at 2230hrs on 11 Sept, 1944 off the coast of Turkey, Black Sea in position 41.34N, 31.50E.

See the 15 ships hit by U-19 - View the 20 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

21 Feb, 1940
A British escort attacked U-19 with depth charges in the North Sea. The boat was damaged slightly.

13 Feb, 1943
At 15.45 hours, the boat was attacked by four unknown aircraft with 2 bombs off Gelendzhik and suffered light damages. (Sources: Ritschel)

2 recorded attacks on this boat.

General notes on this boat

7 Feb 2008
The 3 boats, U-19, U-20 and U-23, scuttled in September 1944 off the Turkish coast have been located. They are reported to be in excellent condition.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-19 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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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
Okrety plyna po ladzie, Piwowoñski, Jan, 1959
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-19 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 10 Oct, 1912 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 6 Jul, 1913. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 19 during WWI.