Unterseeboot 12 (1935)
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| U-12 | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Kriegsmarine |
| Type | IIB |
| Fieldpost number | M 17 865 |
| Shipyard | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Yard number | 546 |
| Ordered | July 20, 1934 |
| Laid down | May 20, 1935 |
| Launched | September 11, 1935 |
| Commissioned | September 30, 1935 |
| Career | |
| Patrols | 1 |
| Flotillas | 3. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Commanders | Werner von Schmidt Hans Pauckstadt Dietrich von der Ropp |
| Successes | |
| No ships sunk or damaged | |
| Fate | |
| Sunk October 8, 1939 in the English Channel near Dover. 27 dead. | |
Unterseeboot 12 was a Type IIB U-boat of the German Kriegsmarine laid down on 20 May 1935 by Germaniawerft at Kiel and commissioned on 30 September 1935.
[edit] Fate
She was sunk 8 October 1939 by a mine, near Dover in English Channel. Exact position is not known but approximately at position of . Whole crew (27 men) died. The body of U-12's commanding officer, Kapitänleutnant Dietrich von der Ropp, was washed ashore on the French coast near Dunkirk on October 29, 1939.
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