U-Boat Operations

U-6	Type IIA
Feldpost Number	M 00 130
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	241
Ordered	2nd Feb 1935
Keel laid	11th Feb 1935
Launched	21st Aug 1935
Commissioned	7th Sep 1935
Baubelehrung	Marinelehr-und Reparaturwerkstatt, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
09.35 - 06.40	U-Schule Flottille, Neustadt Schulboot (training boat) Frontboot (operational)
07.40 - 08.44	21.U-Flottille, Pillau Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
07.09.35 - 30.09.37	OL ~ KL Ludwig Mathes see also: U-9 U-44
01.10.37 - 17.12.38	OL Werner Heidel see also: U-7 U-55
17.12.38 - 26.11.39	OL ~ KL Joachim Matz see also: U-59 U-70
11.39 - 12.39	OL Hans-Bernhard Michalowski see also: U-62
27.11.39 - 17.01.40	OL Otto Harms see also: U-56 U-121 U-464
18.01.40 - 16.06.40	OL Otto Adalbert Schnee see also: U-60 U-121 U-201 U-2511
06.40 - 07.40	KL Georg Peters see also: U-8 U-11 U-A U-38
11.07.40 - 03.41	OL Johannes Liebe see also: U-48 U-332
03.41 - 09.41	OL Eberhard Bopst see also: U-597
10.41 - 08.42	OL Herbert Brüninghaus see also: U-148 U-1059
08.42 - 09.42	OL Paul Just see also: U-151 U-546
09.42 - 19.10.42	OL Herbert Brüninghaus see also: U-148 U-1059
20.10.42 - 06.43	LT ~ OL Otto Niethmann see also: U-476 U-3507
06.43 - 08.43	LT Alois König
08.43 - 10.43	LT Horst Heitz see also: U-792 U-1407
10.43 - 16.04.44	OL Alois König
17.04.44 - 09.07.44	LT Erwin Jestel see also: U-1204

Operations information for U-6
30.08.1939 - 13.09.1939 First Sailing - active patrol U-6 left Kiel under the command of Joachim Matz on 30th Aug 1939 for operations in the Baltic Sea and arrived at return on 13th Sep 1939 after two weeks.
04.04.1940 - 19.04.1940 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 4th Apr 1940, U-6 left Kiel under the command of Adalbert Schnee for operations SW of Norway and after just over two weeks arrived at return on 19th Apr 1940.

Notes for U-6

U-6 was decommissioned 7th August 1944 at Gotenhafen. During 1945 it was used for spare parts before being captured by Soviet forces on 29th March 1945.

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