U-5
Type | IIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 2 Feb 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 11 Feb 1935 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 240) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 14 Aug 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 31 Aug 1935 | Oblt. Rolf Dau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sank 19 March, 1943 west of Pillau, in position 54.40N, 19.45E, in a diving accident. 21 dead and 16 survivors. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-5 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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There was another U-5 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 8 Jan 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 2 Jul 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 5 during WWI.

