U-1, the first Type II boat |
| History |
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| Nazi Germany |
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| Name | U-6 |
| Ordered | 2 February 1935 |
| Builder | Deutsche Werke, Kiel |
| Cost | 1,500,000 Reichsmark |
| Yard number | 241 |
| Laid down | 11 February 1935 |
| Launched | 21 August 1935 |
| Commissioned | 7 September 1935 |
| Decommissioned | 7 August 1944 at Gotenhafen |
| Fate | Stricken, 7 August 1944 |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & type | Type IIA coastal submarine |
| Displacement |
- 254 t (250 long tons) surfaced
- 303 t (298 long tons) submerged
- 381 t (375 long tons) total
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| Length | |
| Beam |
- 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) (o/a)
- 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
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| Height | 8.60 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power |
- 700 PS (510 kW; 690 shp) (diesels)
- 360 PS (260 kW; 360 shp) (electric)
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
- 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
- 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) submerged
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| Range |
- 1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced
- 35 nmi (65 km; 40 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
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| Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 22 men |
| Armament | |
| Service record |
| Part of: |
- U-boat School Flotilla
- 1 September 1935 – 1 September 1939
- 1 October 1939 – 1 February 1940
- 1 March – 1 April 1940
- 1 May – 30 June 1940
- 21st U-boat Flotilla
- 1 July 1940 - 7 August 1944
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| Identification codes: |
M 00 130 |
| Commanders: |
- Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes
- 7 September 1935 – 30 September 1937
- Oblt.z.S. Werner Heidel
- 1 October 1937 – 17 December 1938
- Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt.Joachim Matz
- 17 December 1938 – 26 November 1939
- Oblt.z.S. Hans-Bernhard Michalowski
- November – December 1939
- Oblt.z.S. Otto Harms
- 27 November 1939 – 17 January 1940
- Oblt.z.S. Adalbert Schnee
- 31 January – 10 July 1940
- Kptlt.Georg Peters
- June – July 1940
- Oblt.z.S. Johannes Liebe
- 11 July 1940 – March 1941
- Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Eberhard Bopst
- March – September 1941
- Herbert Brüninghaus
- October 1941 – August 1942
- Oblt.z.S. Paul Just
- August – September 1942
- Oblt.z.S. Herbert Brüninghaus
- September – 19 October 1942
- Lt.z.S. / Oblt.z.S. Otto Niethmann
- 20 October 1942 – June 1943
- Lt.z.S. / Oblt.z.S. Alois König
- June 1943 – 16 April 1944
- Lt.z.S. Horst Heitz
- August – October 1943
- Lt.z.S. Erwin Jestel
- 17 April – 9 July 1944
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| Operations: |
- 2 patrols:
- 1st patrol:
- 24 August – 13 September 1939
- 2nd patrol:
- 4 – 19 Apr 1940
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| Victories: |
No ships sunk or damaged |
The German submarine U-6 was a long-lived but very inactive Type IIA U-boat built before World War II for service in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.
As she was one of the first batch of boats built following the renunciation of the Treaty of Versailles, she was capable of only coastal and short cruising work. This led to her being reassigned to training duties after the Norwegian campaign in 1940.
