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U-6

Type

IIA

 
Ordered2 Feb, 1935
Laid down 11 Feb, 1935 Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 241)
Launched21 Aug, 1935
Commissioned7 Sep, 1935Oblt. Ludwig Mathes
Commanders
7 Sep, 1935 - 30 Sep, 1937  Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes
1 Oct, 1937 - 17 Dec, 1938   Werner Heidel
17 Dec, 1938 - 26 Nov, 1939   Joachim Matz
Nov, 1939 - Dec, 1939   Hans-Bernhard Michalowski -- Kdt i.V.
27 Nov, 1939 - 17 Jan, 1940   Otto Harms
31 Jan, 1940 - 10 Jul, 1940  Oblt. Adalbert Schnee (Knights Cross)
Jun, 1940 - Jul, 1940   Georg Peters
11 Jul, 1940 - Mar, 1941   Johannes Liebe
Mar, 1941 - Sep, 1941  Kptlt. Eberhard Bopst
Oct, 1941 - Aug, 1942   Herbert Brüninghaus
Aug, 1942 - Sep, 1942   Paul Just
Sep, 1942 - 19 Oct, 1942   Herbert Brüninghaus
20 Oct, 1942 - Jun, 1943  Oblt. Otto Niethmann
Jun, 1943 - 16 Apr, 1944  Oblt. Alois König
Aug, 1943 - Oct, 1943   Horst Heitz
17 Apr, 1944 - 9 Jul, 1944   Erwin Jestel
Career2 patrols 1 Sep, 1935 - 1 Sep, 1939  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Oct, 1939 - 1 Feb, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Mar, 1940 - 1 Apr, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (front boat)
1 May, 1940 - 30 Jun, 1940  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Jul, 1940 - 7 Aug, 1944  21. Flottille (school boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Stricken 7 Aug, 1944 at Gotenhafen (Gdynia, Poland).

View the 2 war patrols

General notes on this boat

* Georg Peters sailed on the following U-boats during WWI: SM U-25, SM U-52 and SM U-96.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-6 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-6 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 18 May, 1910 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 12 Aug, 1910. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 6 during WWI.