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The Longest Patrol - A U-Boat Gunner's War

 

Find out first hand what life is like serving as a U-Boat crew onboard a German Type VIIC U-Boat.

This is precisely what we’re talking about. Gregory L. Owen, a historian and U-Boat expert has written the about the epic life story of Karl Baumann, a U-boat gunner onboard the U-953, a Type VIIC attack boat. This book captures the essence of the typical life story of a U-boat crew where many, including famed aces such as Gunther Prien had begun their careers as lowly cabin boys in the merchant marine. Caught in the turbulent years of 1920 to 1935, which also saw Hitler’s rise to power and the birth of the Third Reich, Karl Baumann enlists in the U-bootwaffe and was trained as a U-boat gunner. There he served under Oberleutnant zur See Karl-Heinz Marbach (later promoted to Kapitдnleutnant and awarded the Knight's Cross) and sails to the Atlantic in the U-953. This book brilliantly captures the essence of U-boat life from the extremes of mind-numbing boredom to gripping U-boat combat in the icy North Atlantic. It’s the type of story we’ve been trying to tell on Uboataces.com, but Greg Owen has beaten us to it.

This book is a perfect complement to Herbert Werner's standout autobiography, Iron Coffins, which was published first in 1969 and is still in print. Werner took command of U-953 after Marbach traveled to Berlin to accept his Knight's Cross and could not return to his boat and crew in Brest because the Americans had taken the city under siege. Thus, Karl's story of the U-953 is a prelude to Werner's story in Iron Coffins.

In association with the author Gregory L. Owen, the team at Uboataces.com would like to feature “The Longest Patrol – A U-Boat Gunner’s War”. The book is fully footnoted and indexed with 50 photographs from archival and private collections. If you are a WW2 U-boat buff, then we would highly recommend this book.

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The Longest Patrol - A U-Boat Gunner’s War

 

By Gregory L. Owen

 

Author's website : thelongestpatrol.com

 

Amazon link : The Longest Patrol on Amazon.com

Fourteen year-old Karl Baumann flees the Ruhr coal mines in 1938 to become a cabin boy on a North Sea fishing trawler. He joins Adolf Hitler’s Kriegsmarine at age seventeen and volunteers for the vaunted submarine service, his only opportunity to return to sea. Trained as a U-boat gunner, he sails into the Battle of the Atlantic aboard U-953, code-named Kater (Tomcat), and experiences the extremes of persistent boredom and abject terror characteristic of World War II submarine warfare. His war patrols take him to convoy lanes in the open Atlantic and along the North African coast, into the Bay of Biscay’s U-boat killing zone, and the nearly impenetrable English Channel to attack the Normandy invasion fleet.

Severely wounded, Karl Baumann is forced to remain hospitalized in the besieged French port of Brest after U-953 becomes one of the last U-boats to escape the surrounded city. Captured by American GIs, he is transported to the United States and confined in prisoner of war camps in rural Virginia—including Camp Lyndhurst in Augusta County—where he is not a model prisoner by American standards. He is compelled to provide manual labor for civilian employers, including Mennonite farmers, and his life is transformed by the farmers’ pacifist beliefs. He vows to return to Virginia someday to live as a free man, but first must endure captivity at the notorious Attichy prison camp in France and repatriation to his devastated and destitute homeland.

The Longest Patrol is Karl Baumann’s story, told in great detail within the context of the wartime events that surrounded him. Fully researched, an extensive group of primary source materials—including U-953’s daily war diary and interviews with Baumann, fellow U-boat crewmen, former combatants, and his American captors and benefactors—paint a vivid and enduring picture of the wartime exploits of one of the few survivors from the German submarine service. This story defies stereotypes and provides fresh insight into Germany’s fateful U-boat campaign as well as the U.S. Army’s unprecedented and successful prisoner of war program.

Gregory L. Owen is a lifelong resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, and a graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg. The author is available for speaking engagements before civic organizations, historical societies and academic groups. Please call 540-294-2972 or 540-432-0252 for additional information or to schedule a speaking event. Mailing address: 3486 Nutmeg Court, Harrisonburg VA 22801 USA

 

Sample chapter...

Excerpt taken from pages 102 - 103 during the first hostile conflict. An Allied aircraft had caught U-953 on the surface and was about to make an attack run. It was a clear sunny weather on 21 October 1943, at 1340, in location BE6728...

"Baumann charged to the forward Flakvierling and took position of the Kanoneer while two ammunition loaders pulled four heavy magazines of 20mm rounds out of waterproof containers on the bridge. While Karl buckled the chinstrap on his steel helmet the loaders shoved the ammo magazines into the gun breeches and pulled back their cocking arms. Baumann hand cranked the four cannon barrels simultaneously onto the horizon toward the plane. The Flakvierling gunners on the aft Wintergarten and the 37mm crewmen just below them also tracked the aircraft in their crosshairs."

"The pilot then began to circle the U-flak far beyond the range of the German guns in an attempt to locate a soft spot where he could press an attack against the strangely-configured vessel. When next the aircraft lumbered across U-953's bow it suddenly angled hard to starboard and lined up for a headlong assault directly toward the U-boat. Marbach instantly ordered hard right rudder and the helmsman swung the boat perpendicular to the plane's line of attack. This time Baumann did not wait for the skipper's command to resume fire; he shoved his foot against the trigger pedal and all four 20mm cannon instantly unleashed a wall of fire. The aft gunners followed Karl's lead. The continual firing of the quadruple 20mm cannon mounted just above the heads of the 37mm crew shattered the men's eardrums; blood streaked down their necks even as they laid down a sustained barrage of Flak. After the 37mm fired about 50 rounds it overheated and would not automatically eject the spent shell casings from its breech; the gun crew had to pull the searing brass casings out by hand. The aircraft turned sharply away and out of range seconds after the barrage began, then circled the boat ominously three more times. During the thirteen minute confrontation the U-flak gunners had filled the sky with nearly one hundred 37mm shells and fifteen hundred 20mm rounds. The seaplane never fired a shot in return."

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Карл-Гейнц Марбах (нем. Karl-Heinz Marbach; 5 июля 1917(19170705), Кольберг — 27 сентября 1995, Бонн) — немецкий офицер-подводник, капитан-лейтенант (1 сентября 1944 года).

 

Биография

 

 

31 сентября 1937 года поступил на флот кадетом. 1 августа 1939 года произведен в лейтенанты.

 

 

Вторая мировая война

 

Служил на легких крейсерах «Лейпциг» и «Нюрнберг», а затем занимал штабные должности. Весной 1940 года переведен в подводный флот. Служил на подлодке U-101, которой командовал Эрнст Менгерсен, в марте — ноябре 1941 года совершил на ней 3 боевых похода, во время которых было потоплено 3 судна противника.

 

С 1 января по 3 февраля 1942 года командовал подлодкой U-101, с 6 мая по 30 июня 1942 года — U-29, с 1 июля по 30 ноября 1942 года — U-28, однако в боевых походах участия не принимал.

 

17 декабря 1942 года назначен командиром подлодки U-953 (Тип VII-C), на которой совершил 7 походов (проведя в море в общей сложности 227 суток). Лодка Марбаха базировалась в Бресте (Франция).

 

Хотя Марбах потопил только одно судно (водоизмещением 1927 брт), он проявил себя отчаянно храбрым командиром и 22 июля 1944 года был награжден Рыцарским крестом Железного креста.

 

3 августа 1944 года после церемонии награждения направлен в Бремен для наблюдения за строительством лодок Типа XXI. 17 декабря получил подлодку U-3014, однако в боевых действиях уже участия принять не смог. 3 мая 1945 года взят в плен. Освобожден одним из последних подводников в феврале 1948 года.

 

Автор мемуаров «Из Кольберга через Ла-Рошель в Берлин».

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Ой, столько интересного, опять отвлеклись ...

 

 

U-953 подлодка Type VII

 

 

General characteristics (Type VIIC)

 

Displacement: 769 long tons (781 t) surfaced

871 long tons (885 t) submerged

Length: 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a

50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull

Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a

4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull

Draft: 4.72 m (15 ft 6 in)

Propulsion: 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels totalling 2,800–3,200 hp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490

Speed: 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced

7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged

Range: 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced

150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged

Test depth: 230 m (750 ft)

Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–970 ft)

Complement: 44-52 officers & ratings

Armament: • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)

• 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA or 39 TMB mines

• 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun with 220 rounds

• Various FLAK weaponry (see main article)

Type VII U-boats were the workhorses of the German World War II U-boot-waffe. Type VII was based on earlier German submarine designs going back to the World War I Type UB III, designed through the Dutch dummy company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw den Haag (I.v.S) (set up by Germany after World War I in order to maintain and develop German submarine know-how and to circumvent the limitations set by the Treaty of Versailles) and built by shipyards around the world; the Finnish Vetehinen class and Spanish Type E-1. These designs led to the Type VII along with Type I, the latter being built in AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, Germany. The production of Type I was cut down only after two boats, the reasons for this are not certain and range from political decisions to faults of the type. The design of the Type I was however further used in the development of the Type VII and Type IX. Type VII submarines were the most widely used u-boats of the war and were the most produced submarine class in history, with over 700 built. The type had several modifications.

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Soldbuch nr. : 284

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Экипаж - Йозеф - ДК

 

 

Name Rank Born Died Notes

 

[+ indicates died while crew of boat]

 

Ahrendholz Gerhard MtrHGfr U-953

 

Allweiler MtrOGfr U-953

 

Arndt Otto MaschOGfr U-953

 

Aue Helmut BtsMt 11.11.1924 U-953. MtrOGfr.fall43-spring44. U-3014.(Marbach).BtsMt.fall-44-war's end

Augustin Siegfried FkMt U-953

 

Band Franz U-953

 

Bartnik Stanislaus U-953

 

Baumann Karl U-953

 

Bechtel Albert BtsMt U-953

 

Bischoff Gustav-Hinrich OLt.z.S.01.03.44 11.05.1916 02.05.1945 4th.Vp-Flot.(12.40-01.42). U-710. WO.09.42-11.42. U-953. 1WO.12.42-03.44. U-2359+ Cdr.16.01.45-02.05.45

birthplace Käseburg, Oldenburg.

lost Kattegat

serial/entry Crew of XI/1939

Braun Hermann MaschMt U-953

 

Brede Christian Lt.ing U-415. (04.44-14.07.44). U-953

birthplace Kassel

serial/entry Crew of V/1941

Bruns Fritz OStrm U-415. (08.42-14.07.44). U-953

birthplace Ocholt / Oldenburg

Buck Gotthilf OMasch U-953

 

Buhl Helmut MaschOGfr.(E) U-415. (08.42-14.07.44). U-953

birthplace Löwenberg

Corbach Mtr U-953

 

Degen BtsMt U-953

 

Döring Egon Mtr 14.12.1924 09.07.1943 U-953+ air attack

lost N.Atlantic

Dresse MtrGfr U-953

 

Elksnat MechGfr U-953

 

Etzhold Heinz U-101. U-953

 

Flöter Erwin Lt.z.S 16.09.1922 30.01.1944 U-953. U-364+

serial/entry Crew of X/1940

Goydke Karl U-953

 

Grans FkOGfr U-953

 

Hagemann Herbert MaschOGfr U-8. U-953

 

Hahn Max U-953

 

Hämmerling Helmut SanOMt U-953

 

Harder Hans U-953

 

Hartmann Eduard OStrm U-953. U-3014

 

Haudel Georg U-953

 

Heinemann Kurt OLt.ing 05.05.1921 04.01.1990 U-953. U-883. U-3036

serial/entry Crew of XII/1939

Hertel Richard OMasch 22.10.1919 20.03.1990 U-953

 

Kabert Leopold BtsMt U-98. U-248. U-953. U-3014

awards DKiG.23.07.44.

Kaschel MaschMt U-953

 

Katerbaum Helmut OMechMt U-415. (08.42-14.07.44). U-953

birthplace Fohrde

 

Klöcker Josef OMaschMt 03.10.1918 U-120. U-751. U-455. U-953

awards U-boat Badge. E.K.2. E.K.1. DKiG.08.06.45.

 

Kniekamp Willi MaschMt 07.10.1921 21.08.1945 U-953+ illness

lost Hospital Hamburg-Niendorf

Kohurn OFkMt U-953

 

Kreutz Horst MaschMt U-953. U-1105. 03.06.44-

 

Kühn Willi MechGfr U-953

 

Langbehn Otto OMaschMt U-953

 

Lau Kurt OLt.z.S.01.12.43 04.03.1922 U-171. WO.(12.41-1042). U-953. 2WO.(11.42 to 12.43). U-1197. Cdr.(03.44-04.45)

birthplace Hamburg

serial/entry Crew of XII/1939

Lischewski Theo MaschOGfr U-953

 

Loeh Bruno MechOGfr U-415. (09.43-14.07.44). U-953

birthplace Salzwedel

Marbach Karl-Heinz KpLt.01.09.44 05.07.1917 27.09.1995 """LEIPZIG"".(09.39-10.39). U-101. 2WO.(05.41-12.41) 1WO.(01.42-03.42). U-29. Cdr.(05.42-06.42). U-28. Cdr.(07.42-11.42). U-953. Cdr.(12.42-08.44). U-3014. Cdr.(12.44-05.45)."

birthplace Kolberg

serial/entry Crew of 1937a

awards Knights Cross.22.07.44.

Markert Heinz U-953

 

Milkau Klaus Dr U-953

 

Mühlheim Jupp MaschOGfr U-953

 

Mühlheims Reinhold U-953

 

Müller MaschOGfr U-953

 

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Операции :

 

 

U-953 Type VIIC

 

Feldpost Number M 49 558

 

Construction Yard Blohm und Voß, Hamburg

Yard Number 153

Ordered 10th Apr 1941

Keel laid 10th Feb 1942

Launched 28th Oct 1942

Commissioned 17th Dec 1942

Baubelehrung 8.KLA, Hamburg

Training, Flotillas and Duties

12.42 - 05.43 5.U-Flottille, Kiel

Ausbildungsboot (under training)

06.43 - 10.44 3.U-Flottille, La Pallice

Frontboot (operational)

10.44 - 05.45 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg

Frontboot (operational)

Commanders

12.42 - 08.44 OL Karl-Heinz Marbach

see also: U-101 U-29 U-28 U-3014

 

09.44 - 03.45 OL Herbert A. Werner

see also: U-415

 

04.45 - 05.45 OL Erich Steinbrinck

see also: U-1203 U-293

 

Operations information for U-953

13.05.1943 - 22.07.1943

First Sailing - active patrol

U-953 left Kiel under the command of Karl-Heinz Marbach on 13th May 1943 and arrived at return on 22nd Jul 1943 after ten weeks.

On 21st May 1943 in square AE 85, U-953 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 190 Squadron. U-953 was moderately damaged by the attack. The boat defended itself with flak without destroying the aircraft.

02.10.1943 - 17.11.1943

Second Sailing - active patrol

On the 2nd Oct 1943, U-953 left La Pallice under the command of Karl-Heinz Marbach and after six and a half weeks arrived at return on 17th Nov 1943.

26.12.1943 - 20.02.1944

Third Sailing - active patrol

U-953 departed under Karl-Heinz Marbach from La Pallice on 26th Dec 1943 and arrived at return on 20th Feb 1944 after eight weeks.

30.03.1944 - 01.04.1944

Fourth Sailing - active patrol

U-953 left La Pallice under the command of Karl-Heinz Marbach on 30th Mar 1944 and after two days arrived at return on 1st Apr 1944.

23.04.1944 - 26.04.1944

Fifth Sailing

On the 23rd Apr 1944, U-953 left La Pallice under the command of Karl-Heinz Marbach and arrived at return on 26th Apr 1944 after three days.

22.05.1944 - 28.05.1944

Sixth Sailing - active patrol

U-953 departed under Karl-Heinz Marbach from Brest on 22nd May 1944 and after six days arrived at return on 28th May 1944.

06.06.1944 - 18.06.1944

Seventh Sailing - active patrol

U-953 left Brest under the command of Karl-Heinz Marbach on 6th Jun 1944 and arrived at return on 18th Jun 1944 after more than one week.

24.06.1944 - 22.07.1944

Eighth Sailing - active patrol

On the 24th Jun 1944, U-953 left Brest under the command of Karl-Heinz Marbach and after four weeks arrived at return on 22nd Jul 1944.

Karl-Heinz Marbach hit one ship on this patrol from convoy ETC-27.

• On 5th Jul 1944 he sank the British 1,927 ton Glendinning, sailing with convoy ETC-27.

10.08.1944 - 11.08.1944

Ninth Sailing

U-953 departed under Herbert A. Werner from Brest on 10th Aug 1944 and arrived at return on 11th Aug 1944 after one day.

12.08.1944 - 19.08.1944

Tenth Sailing - active patrol

U-953 left Brest under the command of Herbert A. Werner on 12th Aug 1944 and after one week arrived at return on 19th Aug 1944.

31.08.1944 - 11.10.1944

Eleventh Sailing - active patrol

On the 31st Aug 1944, U-953 left La Pallice under the command of Herbert A. Werner and arrived at return on 11th Oct 1944 after nearly six weeks.

16.10.1944 - 25.10.1944

Twelfth Sailing

U-953 departed under Herbert A. Werner from Bergen on 16th Oct 1944 and after just over one week arrived at return on 25th Oct 1944.

04.02.1945 - 09.02.1945

Thirteenth Sailing

U-953 left Kiel under the command of Herbert A. Werner on 4th Feb 1945 and arrived at return on 9th Feb 1945 after five days.

12.02.1945 - 15.02.1945

Fourteenth Sailing

On the 12th Feb 1945, U-953 left Kristiansand under the command of Herbert A. Werner and after three days arrived at return on 15th Feb 1945.

21.02.1945 - 03.04.1945

Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol

U-953 departed under Herbert A. Werner from Bergen on 21st Feb 1945 and arrived at return on 3rd Apr 1945 after nearly six weeks.

06.04.1945 - 09.04.1945

Sixteenth Sailing

U-953 left Bergen under the command of Herbert A. Werner on 6th Apr 1945 and after three days arrived at return on 9th Apr 1945.

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U-953

 

Type VIIC

 

Ordered 10 Apr 1941

Laid down 10 Feb 1942 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 153)

 

Launched 28 Oct 1942

Commissioned 17 Dec 1942 Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross)

 

Commanders 17 Dec 1942 - Aug, 1944 Oblt. Karl-Heinz Marbach (Knights Cross)

 

Aug, 1944 - Apr, 1945 Oblt. Herbert A. Werner

 

Apr, 1945 - 8 May 1945 Oblt. Erich Steinbrink

 

 

Career 10 patrols

17 Dec 1942 - 31 May 1943 5. Flottille (training)

1 Jun 1943 - 14 Oct 1944 3. Flottille (front boat)

15 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945 33. Flottille (front boat)

 

Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 1,927 GRT

Fate Transferred on 29 May, 1945 from Trondheim, Norway to England.

Broken up after British Navy trials, in 1950.

See the 1 ships hit by U-953 - View the 10 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-953 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:

Trutz (1 Jun 1943 - 16 Jun 1943)

Trutz II (16 Jun 1943 - 2 Jul 1943)

Geier II (2 Jul 1943 - 15 Jul 1943)

Attacks on this boat

9 Jul 1943

The boat was attacked by an aircraft on 9 July killing one and wounding two of its crew. [Matrose I Egon Dцring]

11 Jan 1944

The boat fired a T-5 homing torpedo at a corvette but missed and was in turn hunted down for 13 hours by escorts equipped with depth charges and hedgehogs. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 491)

4 Feb 1944

The boat was vectored in to attack convoy ON 222 but while attempting to do so an unknown Allied aircraft attacked the boat. Date may be approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 497)

3 recorded attacks on this boat.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat

This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in March 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from the boat

9 Jul 1943

The boat was attacked by an aircraft on 9 July killing one and wounding two of its crew. [Matrose I Egon Dцring]

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Подводница от тип VII

 

 

Подводница „U995“ от тип VIIC, превърната в музей в Лабое, Германия.

Подводница от тип VII (на немски: U-Boot Typ VII) е серия германски подводници от Втората световна война. Съставляват основната част от подводната флотилия на Нацистка Германия. В периода 1935 — 1945 г. са произведени приблизително 700 броя, което нарежда тип VII като най-масово произвежданата подводница в света.

Тактико-технически данни [редактиране]

 

 

 

 

Клас VIIA VIIB VIIC VIIC/41 VIIC/42 VIID VIIF

Водоизместване в надводно положение 626 t 753 t 769 t 769 t 999 t 965 t 1084 t

Водоизместване в подводно положение 745 t 857 t 871 t 871 t 1099 t 1080 t 1181 t

Дължина обща 64,5 m 66,6 m 67,1 m 67,1 m 68,7 m 76,9 m 77,6 m

Дължина на корпуса 44,5 m 48,8 m 50,5 m 50,5 m 50,9 m 59,8 m 60,4 m

Широчина обща 5,85 m 6,2 m 6,2 m 6,2 m 6,85 m 6,4 m 7,3 m

Широчина на корпуса 4,7 m 4,7 m 4,7 m 4,7 m 5 m 4,7 m 4,7 m

Газене 4,4 m 4,74 m 4,74 m 4,74 m 5 m 5 m 4,9 m

Мощност в надводно положение 1700 kW[1]

2400 kW[2]

2400 kW[3]

2400 kW[4]

2400 kW[5]

2400 kW[6]

2400 kW[7]

 

Мощност в подводно положение 560 kW[8]

560 kW[9]

560 kW[10]

560 kW[11]

560 kW[12]

560 kW[13]

560 kW[14]

 

Скорост в надводно положение 17 възела

(31 km/h) 17,9 възела

(33 km/h) 17,7 възела

(33 km/h) 17,7 възела

(33 km/h) 18,6 възела

(34 km/h) 16,7 възела

(31 km/h) 17,6 възела

(33 km/h)

Скорост в подводно положение 8 възела

(15 km/h) 8 възела

(15 km/h) 7,6 възела

(14 km/h) 7,6 възела

(14 km/h) 7,6 възела

(14 km/h) 7,3 възела

(14 km/h) 7,9 възела

(15 km/h)

Обсег в надводно положение 11 470 km 16 095 km 15 170 km 15 725 km 23 310 km 20 720 km 27 195 km

Обсег в подводно положение 175 km 175 km 150 km 150 km 150 km 130 km 140 km

Тестова дълбочина 220 m 220 m 230 m 250 m 270 m 200 m 200 m

Дълбочина на деформация 230 — 250 m 230 — 250 m 250 — 295 m 275 — 325 m 350 — 400 m 220 — 240 m 220 — 240 m

Личен състав 42 — 46 44 — 48 44 — 52 44 — 52 44 — 52 46 — 52 46 — 52

Палубно оръдие C35 88 mm/L45 с 220 снаряда няма

Противовъздушни оръдия C30 20 mm

Различни 2×C30 20 mm

with 4380 rounds 3,7 cm FlaK

с 1195 снаряда

2×C30 20 mm

с 4380 снаряда

Носови торпедни апарати 4 [15]

 

Кърмови торпедни апарати 1 [16]

 

Торпеда (максимален брой) 11 14 14 14 16 14 14 / 39 [17]

 

Мини 22 TMA мини или 33 TMB мини 26 TMA мини 15 SMA мини във вертикални шахти плюс 26 TMA мини или 39 TMB мини няма

Приети на въоръжение 10 24 568 91 0 [18]

6 4

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Karl-Heinz Marbach

Kapitдnleutnant (Crew 37a)

 

Successes

1 ship sunk for a total of 1,927 GRT

 

Born 5 Jul 1917 Kolberg

Died 27 Sep 1995 (78)

 

 

Kapitдnleutnant Karl-Heinz Marbach Ranks

21 Sep 1937 Seekadett

1 May 1938 Fдhnrich zur See

1 Jul 1939 Oberfдhnrich zur See

1 Aug 1939 Leutnant zur See

1 Sep 1941 Oberleutnant zur See

1 Sep 1944 Kapitдnleutnant

Decorations

14 Apr 1940 Iron Cross 2nd Class

 

9 Sep 1941 U-boat War Badge 1939

 

21 Nov 1943 Iron Cross 1st Class

 

22 Jul 1944 Knights Cross

 

26 Nov 1944 U-boat Front Clasp

 

 

U-boat Commands

U-boat From To

U-101

1 Jan 1942 3 Feb 1942 No war patrols

U-29

6 May 1942 30 Jun 1942 No war patrols

U-28

1 Jul 1942 30 Nov 1942 No war patrols

U-953

17 Dec 1942 Aug, 1944 7 patrols (227 days)

U-3014

17 Dec 1944 3 May 1945 No war patrols

Personal information

 

Kapitдnleutnant Karl-Heinz Marbach

after his decoration

Karl-Heinz Marbach began his naval career in April 1937. He served for some months in 1939 on the light cruisers Leipzig and Nьrnberg. Before he transferred to the U-boat force in autumn 1940, he spent a year in a staff position.

After his U-boat training he was assigned to U-101, commanded by Kptlt. Ernst Mengersen. From March to November 1941 Marbach made three patrols on U-101, during which Mengersen sank three ships. He left U-101 in February 1942.

After a short commander training course, Marbach was promoted to commanding the school boats U-28 and U-29 for over six months. In December 1942 he commissioned the type VIIC U-boat U-953. After seven patrols he received the Knights Cross for acts of bravery.

He was in Berlin to receive his decoration from the BdU, when US troops encircled the U-boat base at Brest in France. Oblt. Herbert A. Werner then took over U-953 and Marbach went to the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen to commission a new type XXI U-boat.

In December 1944 he took command of U-3014, but he never saw combat with this boat. After the surrender he became a POW and remained imprisoned until February 1948, being among the last U-boat men to be set free.

Karl-Heinz Marbach wrote about his time in the U-boat force in the book Von Kolberg ьber La Rochelle nach Berlin (From Kolberg via La Rochelle to Berlin).

Patrol info for Karl-Heinz Marbach

 

U-boat Departure Arrival

1. U-953

13 May 1943 Kiel 22 Jul 1943 La Pallice Patrol 1, 71 days

2. U-953

2 Oct 1943 La Pallice 17 Nov 1943 La Pallice Patrol 2, 47 days

3. U-953

26 Dec 1943 La Pallice 20 Feb 1944 La Pallice Patrol 3, 57 days

4. U-953

30 Mar 1944 La Pallice 1 Apr 1944 La Pallice Patrol 4, 3 days

5. U-953

23 Apr 1944 La Pallice 26 Apr 1944 Brest 4 days

6. U-953

22 May 1944 Brest 28 May 1944 Brest Patrol 5, 7 days

7. U-953

6 Jun 1944 Brest 18 Jun 1944 Brest Patrol 6, 13 days

8. U-953

24 Jun 1944 Brest 22 Jul 1944 Brest Patrol 7, 29 days

7 patrols, 227 days at sea

Ships hit by Karl-Heinz Marbach

Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy

 

5 Jul 1944 U-953

Karl-Heinz Marbach

Glendinning

1,927

br ETC-27

 

1,927

1 ship sunk (1,927 tons).

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Второй командер и тоже наш знакомы :

 

 

Herbert A. Werner

 

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew XII/39)

 

 

No ships sunk or damaged.

 

Born 13 May 1920 Freiburg, Bresgau

 

 

Ltn. Werner on board the U-230 Ranks

1 Dec 1939 Offiziersanwдrter

1 Nov 1940 Fдhnrich zur See

1 Nov 1941 Oberfдhnrich zur See

1 Apr 1942 Leutnant zur See

1 Dec 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1940 Minesweeper War Badge

20 Sep 1941 U-boat War Badge 1939

 

1943 Iron Cross 2nd Class

 

18 Dec 1943 Iron Cross 1st Class

 

 

U-boat Commands

U-boat From To

U-415

17 Apr 1944 14 Jul 1944 2 patrols (6 days)

U-953

Aug, 1944 Apr, 1945 3 patrols (94 days)

Personal information

Oblt. Herbert A. Werner is most famous for writing the excellent book Iron Coffins, in which he describes his life on U-boats during World War II. He is still alive at the time of this writing and lives in the US.

 

Patrol info for Herbert A. Werner

 

U-boat Departure Arrival

1. U-415

6 Jun 1944 Brest 8 Jun 1944 Brest Patrol 1, 3 days

2. U-415

11 Jul 1944 Brest 13 Jul 1944 Brest Patrol 2, 3 days

3. U-953

10 Aug 1944 Brest 11 Aug 1944 Brest Patrol 3, 2 days

4. U-953

12 Aug 1944 Brest 19 Aug 1944 La Pallice Patrol 3, 8 days

5. U-953

31 Aug 1944 La Pallice 11 Oct 1944 Bergen Patrol 4, 42 days

6. U-953

16 Oct 1944 Bergen 25 Oct 1944 Flensburg 10 days

7. U-953

4 Feb 1945 Kiel 9 Feb 1945 Kristiansand 6 days

8. U-953

12 Feb 1945 Kristiansand 15 Feb 1945 Bergen 4 days

9. U-953

21 Feb 1945 Bergen 3 Apr 1945 Bergen Patrol 5, 42 days

10. U-953

6 Apr 1945 Bergen 9 Apr 1945 Trondheim 4 days

5 patrols, 100 days at sea

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Последнии шеф Клокера :

 

 

Erich Steinbrink

 

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

 

 

No ships sunk or damaged.

 

Born 13 Mar 1919 Ziegenort, Stettiner Haff

 

No picture of

Erich Steinbrink

available now.

 

If you can get us one that would be great. If you can help with any information on this man please contact us at [email protected].

 

Ranks

1 Oct 1938 Offiziersanwдrter

1 Jul 1939 Seekadett

1 Dec 1939 Fдhnrich zur See

1 Aug 1940 Oberfдhnrich zur See

1 Apr 1941 Leutnant zur See

1 Apr 1943 Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

 

U-boat Commands

U-boat From To

U-1203

10 Feb 1944 16 Jul 1944 No war patrols

U-293

Dec, 1944 Mar, 1945 1 patrol (46 days)

U-953

Apr, 1945 8 May 1945 No war patrols

Patrol info for Erich Steinbrink

 

U-boat Departure Arrival

1. U-293

1 Jan 1945 Narvik 15 Feb 1945 Narvik Patrol 1, 46 days

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Чуть не забыл показать вам как выглядит U-455 сегодня:

 

 

 

 

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Последнии скан с SB, если кто сильно захочет, выложу остальных, только : SB вместе с BP, FB1, FB2 ... больше 100 файлов, так что лучше не будем.

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Будем считать дошли до фотографии Клокера.

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Их тоже больше 100, так что ограничимся самыми интересными.

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Не знаю какие были политические и идеологические увлечения Клокера, но хотя в эго документах нигде и не пахнет HJ & NSDAP ,его альбом начинается именно так :

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... и по убывающей

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... ранние фотографии Йозефа...

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