This was the patrol area of the 30th Flotilla at Constanza from Oct 1942 to Oct 1944.

All its 6 U-boats were transported via land to the Black Sea and all of them were lost there. 3 were scuttled by their crews near Eregli, Turkey on 10 Sept, 1944 to escape capture by the Russians.The eastern front position is drawn as of Aug 29, 1944.

Frontflottille (Combat Flotilla)

Bases
10.42 - 10.44 Constanza (Romania)

Flotilla Commanders
10.42 - 05.44 05.44 - 07.44 07.44 - 10.44 Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum (Knights Cross) Kptlt. Clemens Schler Kptlt. Klaus Petersen

U-boat Types
IIB

Assigned U-boats
U-9, U-18, U-19, U-20, U-23, U-24

6 U-boats assigned to this flotilla during its service.

History
The 30th Flotilla was founded in October 1941 under the command of Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum. The boats reached Constanza after a transport over land and canals. The operational area was limited to the Black Sea. Its history ended in September 1944, when the three last Flotillas boats U-19, U-20 and U-23 were scuttled on 10 and 11 September, 1944 near the Turkish coast.

U19
Hans-Ludwig Gaude
Kapitnleutnant Crew 36

U-19
Type
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Commanders

IIB
2 Feb 1935 20 Jul 1935 21 Dec 1935 16 Jan 1936 Kptlt. Viktor Schtze (Oak Leaves)
Kptlt. Viktor Schtze (Knights Cross) Hans Meckel Wilhelm Mller-Arnecke Kptlt. Joachim Schepke (Knights Cross) Wilfried Prellberg Peter Lohmeyer Wolfgang Kaufmann Rudolf Schendel Gerhard Litterscheid Hans-Ludwig Gaude Hans-Ludwig Gaude Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Gaude Oblt. Willy Ohlenburg Oblt. Hubert Verpoorten

F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 549)

16 Jan 1936 - 30 Sep 1937 30 Sep 1937 - 1 Nov 1939 2 Nov 1939 - 2 Jan 1940 3 Jan 1940 - 30 Apr 1940 1 May 1940 - 19 Jun 1940 20 Jun 1940 - 20 Oct 1940 21 Oct 1940 - 8 Nov 1940 8 Nov 1940 - 31 May 1941 1 Jun 1941 - Feb, 1942 16 Dec 1941 - Feb, 1942 Feb, 1942 - 30 Apr 1942 1 Oct 1942 - 2 Dec 1943 3 Dec 1943 - 6 Sep 1944 7 Sep 1944 - 11 Sep 1944

Career

20 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)

Successes Fate

14 ships sunk for a total of 35,430 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 441 tons 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.

Ships hit by U-19

See the profile page for U-19 Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy

21 Oct 1939 21 Oct 1939 24 Oct 1939

Hans Meckel Hans Meckel Hans Meckel

Capitaine Edmond Laborie [Mine] Deodata [Mine] Konstantinos Hadjipateras [Mine] Carica Milica [Mine]

3,087 3,295 5,962

fr nw gr

18 Nov 1939

Wilhelm MllerArnecke

6,371

yu

9 Jan 1940 23 Jan 1940 23 Jan 1940 25 Jan 1940 25 Jan 1940 19 Mar 1940 19 Mar 1940 20 Mar 1940 20 Mar 1940

Joachim Schepke Joachim Schepke Joachim Schepke Joachim Schepke Joachim Schepke Joachim Schepke Joachim Schepke Joachim Schepke Joachim Schepke

Manx Baltanglia Pluto Everene Gudveig Charkow Minsk Bothal Viking

1,343 1,523 1,598 4,434 1,300 1,026 1,229 2,109 1,153

nw br nw le nw da da da da

27 Jun 1944 2 Sep 1944

Willy Ohlenburg Willy Ohlenburg

Barzha (No 75) BTSC-410 Vzryv (No 25)

1,000 441 35,871

sj sj

15 ships sunk (35,871 tons).

20 War patrols (P) located. 381 days at sea during patrols (387 days at sea overall). War patrols are shown with grey background. Sometimes patrols are split into several entries, boats putting into base for quick repairs and such.

U20
Clemens Schler
Kapitnleutnant

&

Karl Grafen

(Crew 36 Oberleutnant zur See (Crew35)

Martin Landt-Hayen
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 39)

U-20
Type
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Commanders

IIB
2 Feb 1935 1 Aug 1935 14 Jan 1936 1 Feb 1936 Kptlt. Hans Eckermann
Kptlt. Hans Eckermann Kptlt. Karl-Heinz Moehle (Knights Cross) Kptlt. Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt Heinrich Driver Hans-Jrgen Zetzsche Ottokar Arnold Paulssen Kptlt. Herbert Schauenburg Wolfgang Strter Kurt Nlke Clemens Schler Kptlt. Clemens Schler Oblt. Karl Grafen

F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 550)

1 Feb 1936 - 30 Sep 1937 1 Oct 1937 - 17 Jan 1940 17 Jan 1940 - 15 Apr 1940 2 Apr 1940 - 15 Apr 1940 16 Apr 1940 - 7 Jun 1940 8 Jun 1940 - 5 Jan 1941 6 Jan 1941 - 19 May 1941 20 May 1941 - 4 Dec 1941 5 Dec 1941 - 27 Mar 1942 7 May 1942 - 26 Sep 1942 27 May 1943 - 31 Oct 1943 1 Nov 1943 - 10 Sep 1944

Career

16 patrols

1 1 1 1 1 1

Feb 1936 - 1 Aug 1939 3. Flottille (front boat) Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 3. Flottille (front boat) Jan 1940 - 30 Apr 1940 1. Flottille (front boat) May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (school boat) Jul 1940 - 30 Sep 1942 21. Flottille (school boat) Oct 1942 - 10 Sep 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

13 ships sunk for a total of 30,067 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 1,846 GRT 2 ships a total loss for a total of 8,446 GRT Scuttled at 2130hrs on 10 Sept, 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea in position 41.10N, 30.47E.

Fate

See the 16 ships hit by U-20 - View the 16 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

26 Jun 1943 The boat unsuccessfully tried to attack a Soviet submarine hunter off Tuapse, but was attacked itself with 8 depth charges and then kept submerged by aircraft for 4 hours. Afterwards the boat had to return to base due to mechanical failures. (Sources: Ritschel) 1 recorded attack on this boat.
16 War patrols (P) located. 306 days at sea during patrols (310 days at sea overall). War patrols are shown with grey background.

Sometimes patrols are split into several entries, boats putting into base for quick repairs and such.

Emblem

Description

The Olympic Rings - Crew 36

The Olympic rings emblem is probably the most unusual and surprising to find on a German U-boat from WWII. Yet there it was, why? Naval officers joining the Kriegsmarine in 1936, the year of the Berlin Olympics, chose the rings as their emblem. Keywords: olympic rings

Ships hit by U-20

See the profile page for U-20 Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy

29 Nov 1939 9 Dec 1939 10 Dec 1939 10 Dec 1939

Karl-Heinz Moehle Karl-Heinz Moehle Karl-Heinz Moehle Karl-Heinz Moehle

Ionian [Mine] Magnus Fina Willowpool [Mine]

3,114 1,339 1,674 4,815

br da nw br

FN-43

HG-9

13 Jan 1940 27 Jan 1940 27 Jan 1940 27 Jan 1940 27 Jan 1940 29 Feb 1940

Karl-Heinz Moehle Harro von KlotHeydenfeldt Harro von KlotHeydenfeldt Harro von KlotHeydenfeldt Harro von KlotHeydenfeldt Harro von KlotHeydenfeldt

Sylvia England Faro (t.) Fredensborg Hosanger Maria Rosa

1,524 2,319 844 2,094 1,591 4,211

sw da nw da nw it

Date
1 Mar 1940

Commander
Harro von KlotHeydenfeldt

Name of ship
Mirella

Tons
5,340

Nat.
it

Convoy

29 Nov 1943

Karl Grafen

Peredovik (d.)

1,846

sj

16 Jan 1944 7 Apr 1944 19 Jun 1944 24 Jun 1944

Karl Grafen Karl Grafen Karl Grafen Karl Grafen

Vaijan Kuture (t.) Rion [Mine] Pestel DB-26

7,602 187 1,850 9 40,359

sj sj sj sj

15 ships sunk (38,513 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,846 tons). Legend

U23
Rolf-Birger Wahlen
Kapitnleutnant (Crew 36)

Rudolf Arendt
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 40)

U-23
Type
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Commanders

IIB
2 Feb 1935 11 Apr 1936 28 Aug 1936 24 Sep 1936
1 Sep 1936 - 3 Jan 1938 1936/37 - 30 Sep 1937 1 Oct 1937 - 1 Apr 1940 8 Apr 1940 - 19 May 1940 20 May 1940 - 30 Sep 1940 1 Oct 1940 - 20 Mar 1941 21 Mar 1941 - 23 Sep 1941 24 Sep 1941 - 26 Mar 1942 27 Mar 1942 - 19 Jun 1944 20 Jun 1944 - 10 Sep 1944 KrvKpt. Eberhard Godt Hans-Gnther Looff Kptlt. Otto Kretschmer (Knights Cross) Kptlt. Heinz Beduhn Heinrich Driver Kurt Reichenbach-Klinke Ernst-Ulrich Brller Ulrich Grf Kptlt. Rolf-Birger Wahlen Oblt. Rudolf Arendt

F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 553)

Career

16 patrols

1 1 1 1 1

Sep 1936 - 1 Aug 1939 1. Flottille (front boat) Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 1. Flottille (front boat) Jan 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. Flottille (front boat) Jul 1940 - 30 Sep 1942 21. Flottille (school boat) Oct 1942 - 10 Sep 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

7 2 1 1 3

ships sunk for a total of 11,179 GRT warships sunk for a total of 1,410 tons auxiliary warship damaged for a total of 1,005 GRT warship damaged for a total of 56 tons ships a total loss for a total of 18,199 GRT

Fate

Scuttled at 2210hrs on 10 Sept, 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea in position 41.11N, 30.00E.

See the 14 ships hit by U-23 - View the 16 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

14 Oct 1939 The British submarine HMS Sturgeon (Lt. G.D.A. Gregory, RN) fires three torpedoes against the German submarine U-23 in the Skagerrak some 20 nautical miles west-northwest of Skagen, Denmark in position 5749'N, 0959'E. All three torpedoes missed their target. 1 recorded attack on this boat.

Emblem

Description

The Olympic Rings - Crew 36

The Olympic rings emblem is probably the most unusual and surprising to find on a German U-boat from WWII. Yet there it was, why? Naval officers joining the Kriegsmarine in 1936, the year of the Berlin Olympics, chose the rings as their emblem. Keywords: olympic rings

Ships hit by U-23

See the profile page for U-23 Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy

4 Oct 1939

Otto Kretschmer

Glen Farg

876

br

Date
8 Dec 1939

Commander
Otto Kretschmer

Name of ship
Scotia

Tons
2,400

Nat.
da

Convoy

11 Jan 1940 12 Jan 1940 24 Jan 1940 18 Feb 1940 19 Feb 1940 22 Feb 1940

Otto Kretschmer Otto Kretschmer Otto Kretschmer Otto Kretschmer Otto Kretschmer Otto Kretschmer

Fredville Danmark (t.) Varild HMS Daring (H 16) Tiberton Loch Maddy (t.)

1,150 10,517 1,085 1,375 5,225 4,996

nw da nw br br br HX-19 HN-12

24 Aug 1943 15 Oct 1943 23 Oct 1943

Rolf-Birger Wahlen Rolf-Birger Wahlen Rolf-Birger Wahlen

Shkval TSC-486 Sovetskaja Rossija (d.) Tanais

35 1,005 372

sj sj sj

5 Apr 1944 29 May 1944 1 Sep 1944

Rolf-Birger Wahlen Rolf-Birger Wahlen Rudolf Arendt

SKA-099 (d.) Smelyj Oituz (t.)

56 71 2,686 31,849

sj sj ro

12 ships sunk (30,788 tons) and 2 ships damaged (1,061 tons).

OITUZ

U9
Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert
Kapitnleutnant (Crew 36)

Heinrich Klapdor
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 36)

U-9
Type
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Commanders

IIB
20 Jul 1934 8 Apr 1935 30 Jul 1935 21 Aug 1935 Kptlt. Hans-Gnther Looff
KrvKpt. Hans-Gnther Looff Werner von Schmidt Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes Max-Martin Schulte Oblt. Wolfgang Lth (Knights Cross) Wolfgang Kaufmann Kptlt. Joachim Deecke Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Weichert Oblt. Heinrich Klapdor Oblt. Martin Landt-Hayen (boat in transit) Kptlt. Klaus Petersen

F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 543)

21 Aug 1935 - 1936/37 30 Sep 1935 - 1 Oct 1937 1 Oct 1937 - 18 Sep 1939 19 Sep 1939 - 29 Dec 1939 30 Dec 1939 - 10 Jun 1940 11 Jun 1940 - 20 Oct 1940 21 Oct 1940 - 8 Jun 1941 2 Jul 1941 - 30 Apr 1942 28 Oct 1942 - 15 Sep 1943 16 Sep 1943 - 20 Aug 1944 5 Apr 1944 - 6 Apr 1944 7 Apr 1944 - Jun, 1944

Career

19 patrols

1 1 1 1 1 1

Sep 1935 - 1 Aug 1939 1. Flottille (front boat) Oct 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 1. Flottille (school boat) Jan 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. Flottille (front boat) Jul 1940 - 31 Oct 1940 24. Flottille (training) Nov 1940 - 1 May 1942 21. Flottille (school boat) Oct 1942 - 20 Aug 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

7 ships sunk for a total of 16,669 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 552 tons 1 warship damaged for a total of 412 tons Sunk at 1030hrs on the 20 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea in position 44.12N, 28.41E, by bombs from Soviet aircraft.

Fate

See the 9 ships hit by U-9 - View the 19 war patrols

In 1945 the Soviets raised the boat and brought it in the Russian harbour Nikolaev. She became in 1945 the USSR TS-16, but due to extensive damages she was broken up sometime after 12 Dec, 1946
Attacks on this boat
27 Dec 1942 At 16.20 hours, the boat was attacked by a Soviet minesweeper with 8 depth charges off Sochi and suffered minor damages. (Sources: Ritschel) 11 May 1944 The U-9 was depth charged by a Soviet escort and suffered slight damages.

2 recorded attacks on this boat.

General notes on this boat 20 Apr 1940. On 20 April, 1940 the boat fired torpedoes at the Polish destroyer ORP Blyskawica but missed
Emblem Description

Iron Cross
This emblem of U-9 from WWII is in honor of Otto Weddigen's famous U-9 from WWI. After sinking 3 cruisers "before breakfast" in the first major submarine victory in history and thus proving the U-boat weapon Otto was given the Iron Cross which he put on the conning tower of his U-9. The U-9 of WWII also adapted this emblem in his honor. Keywords: iron cross

Ships hit by U-9

See the profile page for U-9 Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy

18 Jan 1940 19 Jan 1940 11 Feb 1940

Wolfgang Lth Wolfgang Lth Wolfgang Lth

Flandria Patria Linda

1,179 1,188 1,213

sw sw es

Date
4 May 1940

Commander
Wolfgang Lth

Name of ship
San Tiburcio [Mine] Doris (Q 135) Tringa Viiu Sigurd Faulbaum

Tons
5,995

Nat.
br

Convoy

9 May 1940 11 May 1940 11 May 1940 23 May 1940

Wolfgang Lth Wolfgang Lth Wolfgang Lth Wolfgang Lth

552 1,930 1,908 3,256

fr br es be

11 May 1944

Klaus Petersen

Shtorm (d.)

412

sj

At 16.32 hours on 11 May, 1944, U-9 fired a Gnat at a convoy consisting of a tanker, a torpedo boat, a minesweeper and seven smaller escorts covered by three MBR flying boats and observed a heavy detonation after 2 minutes 31 seconds. The Shtorm was damaged by the torpedo. 8 ships sunk (17,221 tons) and 1 ship damaged (412 tons).

17,633

U18

Karl Fleige
Kapitnleutnant (Crew 24

U-18
Type
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Commanders

IIB
2 Feb 1935 10 Jul 1935 7 Dec 1935 4 Jan 1936 Kptlt. Hans Pauckstadt
Hans Pauckstadt Kptlt. Heinz Beduhn Kptlt. Max-Hermann Bauer

F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 548)

4 Jan 1936 - 20 Nov 1936 30 Sep 1937 - 31 Oct 1937 1 Nov 1937 - 24 Nov 1939

24 Nov 1939 - 2 Sep 1940 3 Sep 1940 - 17 Dec 1940 18 Dec 1940 - 6 May 1941 7 May 1941 - 31 May 1942 1 Jun 1942 - 18 Aug 1942 3 Dec 1942 - 25 Aug 1944 2 May 1944 - 25 May 1944 25 May 1944 - 7 Jun 1944 22 Dec 1944 - 6 Feb 1945

Oblt. Ernst Mengersen (Knights Cross) Kptlt. Hans-Heinz Linder Kptlt. Ernst Vogelsang Oblt. Hans-Achim von Rosenberg-Gruszcynski Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann Oblt. Karl Fleige (Knights Cross) Oblt. Hans-Jrgen Bartsch Oblt. Rudolf Arendt Oblt. Friedrich Baumgrtel

Career

14 patrols

4 Jan 1936 - 20 Nov 1936 1. Flottille (front boat) 30 Sep 1937 - 1 Aug 1939 3. Flottille (front boat) 1 Sep 1939 - 1 Nov 1939 3. Flottille (front boat) 1 Nov 1939 - 1 Mar 1940 U-Ausbildungsflottille (front boat) 1 Apr 1940 - 1 Jun 1940 1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (training) 1 Jul 1940 - 17 Dec 1940 24. Flottille (training) 6 May 1943 - 25 Aug 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

2 1 1 1

ships sunk for a total of 1,500 GRT auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 400 GRT ship damaged for a total of 7,745 GRT warship damaged for a total of 56 tons

Fate

Scuttled on 25 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea, in position 44.12N, 28.41E.

See the 5 ships hit by U-18 - View the 14 war patrols Sank at 0954hrs on 20 Nov, 1936 in Lbeck Bay in position 54.07N, 11.07E, after a collision with T 156. 8 died but 12 survived. Raised on 28 Nov, 1936. In service again on 30 Sept 1937.

The boat was raised by the USSR in late 1944. Sunk by the Soviet submarine M-120 on 26 May, 1947 off Sevastopol (also sunk that day was the former U-24).

Ships hit by U-18

See the profile page for U-18 Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy

18 Nov 1939

Max-Hermann Bauer

Parkhill

500

br

23 Jan 1940

Ernst Mengersen

Bisp

1,000

nw

29 Aug 1943 30 Aug 1943

Karl Fleige Karl Fleige

TSC-11 Dzhalita SKA-0132 (d.)

400 56

sj sj

Date
18 Nov 1943

Commander
Karl Fleige

Name of ship
Josif Stalin (d.)

Tons
7,745 9,701

Nat.
sj

Convoy

3 ships sunk (1,900 tons) and 2 ships damaged (7,801 tons).

U24

Klaus Petersen
Kapitnleutnant (Crew 36)

U-24
Type
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Commanders

IIB
2 Feb 1935 21 Apr 1936 24 Sep 1936 10 Oct 1936
3 Jul 1937 - 30 Sep 1937 8 Oct 1937 - 17 Oct 1939 18 Oct 1939 - 29 Nov 1939 30 Nov 1939 - 21 Aug 1940 22 Aug 1940 - 10 Mar 1941 11 Mar 1941 - 31 Jul 1941 1 Aug 1941 - 5 May 1942 14 Oct 1942 - 17 Nov 1942 18 Nov 1942 - 15 Apr 1943 Oblt. Heinz Buchholz Kptlt. Udo Behrens Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff Udo Heilmann Ltn. Dietrich Borchert Helmut Hennig Hardo Rodler von Roithberg Klaus Petersen Clemens Schler

F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel (werk 554)

16 Apr 1943 - 7 Apr 1944 Jul, 1944 - 25 Aug 1944 7 Apr 1944 - Jul, 1944

Kptlt. Klaus Petersen Dieter Lenzmann Oblt. Martin Landt-Hayen

Career

19 patrols

1 Oct 1936 - 1 Aug 1939 3. Flottille (rb) 1 Sep 1939 - 17 Oct 1939 3. Flottille (front boat) 18 Oct 1939 - 31 Dec 1939 1. Flottille (school boat) 1 Jan 1940 - 30 Apr 1940 1. Flottille (front boat) 1 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 1. U-Ausbildungsflottille (school boat) 1 Jul 1940 - 30 Apr 1942 21. Flottille (school boat) 1 Oct 1942 - 25 Aug 1944 30. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

1 5 1 1

ship sunk for a total of 961 GRT warships sunk for a total of 571 tons ship damaged for a total of 7,661 GRT ship a total loss for a total of 7,886 GRT

Fate

Scuttled on 25 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea, in position 44.12N, 28.41E.

See the 8 ships hit by U-24 - View the 19 war patrols Raised by the USSR in early 1945. Sunk by the Soviet submarine M-120 on 26 May, 1947 off Sevastopol (also sunk that same day was the former U-18).

Attacks on this boat

5 Nov 1942 At 19.18 hours, the boat fired a G7e torpedo at the Soviet M/S trawler T-492 off Poti, but the torpedo passed underneath the bridge. The vessel then forced U-24 to dive by gunfire and was hit by a dud at 21.37 hours. After its last torpedo missed at 00.38 hours on 6 November, the boat surfaced and attacked with the 20mm AA gun but it malfunctioned shortly afterwards, so the Germans had to break off the attack with light machine-gun damage to its conning tower. (Sources: Ritschel) 29 Nov 1942 The boat was attacked in the Black Sea by three rounds from Turkish (!) shore-based guns. The boat dived. The commander stated that the boat was 7 or 8 nautical miles away from the Turkish coast. 27 May 1944 The boat fought a surface battle with 2 Soviet patrol boats. The U-boat lost 1 man dead and 2 wounded. [Matrosenobergefreiter Johann Wlbitsch] 3 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

27 May 1944 The boat fought a surface battle with 2 Soviet patrol boats. The U-boat lost 1 man dead and 2 wounded. [Matrosenobergefreiter Johann Wlbitsch]

Emblem

Description

V
I am not sure what this emblem stands for really. It appeared on a few boats. Keywords: V, vee

Ships hit by U-24

See the profile page for U-24 Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy

31 Mar 1943 15 Jun 1943 30 Jul 1943 22 Aug 1943 22 Aug 1943 31 Oct 1943

Clemens Schler Klaus Petersen Klaus Petersen Klaus Petersen Klaus Petersen Klaus Petersen

Kreml (d.) BTSC-411 Zashchitnik (No 26) Emba (t.) DB-36 DB-37 SKA-088

7,661 441 7,886 9 9 56

sj sj sj sj sj sj

12 May 1944

Martin LandtHayen

SKA-0376

56 17,079

sj

7 ships sunk (9,418 tons) and 1 ship damaged (7,661 tons).