U2

U 2 was a German U-boat from Type II A , in the Second World War by the Navy was used.

U2
Typ :	II A
Feldpostnummer:	M-27 610
Shipyard:	German works , Kiel
Works:	Second February 1935
Building number:	237
Laid down:	11th February 1935
Launched:	First July 1935
Commissioned:	25th July 1935
Commanders:	25th July 1935 - 30 September 1936 Oblt.zS Hermann Michahelles First October 1936 - 31 January 1938 Kptlt Henry Love 31st January 1938 - 16 March 1939 Kptlt Herbert Schultze 17th März 1939 - 7 Juni 1940 Kptlt. Helmut Rosenbaum 7th Juni 1940 - 5 August 1940 Oblt.zS Hans Heidtmann 6th August 1940 - October 1941 Kptlt Georg von Wilamowitz-Moellendorf October 1941 - 15th May 1942 Oblt.zS Karl Kölzer 16th May 1942 - 19thNovember 1942 Oblt.zS Werner Schwaff 20th November 1942 - 12thDecember 1943 Oblt.zS Helmut Herglotz 13th December 1943 - 8th April 1944 Oblt.zS Wolfgang Schwarzkopf
Appearances:	2 Patrols
Sinkings:	no
Whereabouts:	8 April 1944 west Pillau after collision with trawler Helmi Söhledropped

History

The construction contract for the boat was on the 2nd February 1935 to the German works , Kiel awarded. The keel was laidon the 11th of February 1935, the launch on 1 July 1935, the putting under Lieutenant Hermann Michahelles eventually found on 25 July 1935 instead.

It was used from July 1935 to August 1939 as a training boat in the Education Association of U-school or school-submarine flotilla. When Norway corporate companies Weserübung it served from March 1940 to April 1940 as a front-boat U-boat flotilla school before returning (1940 May-30 June 1940) as a school boat the submarine flotilla and the 21-school Flotilla in Pillau (July 1, 1940 to April 8, 1944) was assigned.

Usage Statistics

The boat made ​​two patrols where no ships were sunk. The first ran U 2 on 15 March 1940 from Kiel and from 29 March 1940 there again one. The trip was a lasting fifteen days and 1185.5 nm and 248.5 nm under water long over things before Norway.The second the boat ran on 4 April 1940 from Wilhelmshaven to companies Weserübung and from 15 April 1940 there a.

Fate

U 2 fell on 8 April 1944 in the Baltic Sea west of Pillau after a collision with the trawler Helmi Söhle . There were 17 dead and 18 survivors. The boat was on 9 April lifted, was decommissioned and in Pillau exploited in the sea channel.