U-Boat Operations

U-5	Type IIA
Feldpost Number	M 27 527
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	240
Ordered	2nd Feb 1935
Keel laid	11th Feb 1935
Launched	14th Aug 1935
Commissioned	31st Aug 1935
Baubelehrung	Marinelehr-und Reparaturwerkstatt, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
08.35 - 06.40	U-Schule Flottille, Neustadt Schulboot (training boat) Frontboot (operational)
07.40 - 03.43	21.U-Flottille, Pillau Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
31.08.35 - 27.09.36	OL Rolf Dau see also: U-31 U-42
01.10.36 - 02.02.38	KL Gerhard Glattes see also: U-39
03.02.38 - 04.12.39	OL Günter Kutschmann see also: U-54
05.12.39 - 11.08.40	KL Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock see also: U-8 U-96 U-256
12.08.40 - 27.03.41	OL Herbert Opitz see also: U-206
28.03.41 - 06.01.42	OL Friedrich-Wilhelm Bothe see also: U-101 U-447
07.01.42 - 23.03.42	OL Karl Friedrich see also: U-74
26.03.42 - 05.42	OL Hans-Dieter Mohs see also: U-60 U-956
05.42 - 09.11.42	OL Kurt Pressel see also: U-60 U-951
10.11.42 - 03.43	LT Hermann Rahn
03.43 - 03.43	LT Alfred Radermacher see also: U-120 U-393
03.43 - 19.03.43	LT Hermann Rahn
03.43 - 03.43	LT Alfred Radermacher see also: U-120 U-393

Operations information for U-5
24.08.1939 - 08.09.1939 First Sailing - active patrol U-5 left Neustadt under the command of Günter Kutschmann on 24th Aug 1939 for operations off Poland and arrived at return on 8th Sep 1939 after just over two weeks.
04.04.1940 - 19.04.1940 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 4th Apr 1940, U-5 left Kiel under the command of Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock for operations SW of Norway and after just over two weeks arrived at return on 19th Apr 1940.

Notes for U-5

U-5 sank as a result of a diving accident on 19th March 1943 in position 54.25N, 19.50E (W of Pillau). 21 men were lost, there were 16 survivors.

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We have a position of 54°40N 19°45E for where this boat went down, mapped below. The cross represents where U 5 went down.

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