Unterseeboot 12 (1935)
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| Career (Nazi Germany) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-12 |
| Ordered: | July 20, 1934 |
| Builder: | Germaniawerft, Kiel, yard 546 |
| Laid down: | May 20, 1935 |
| Launched: | September 11, 1935 |
| Commissioned: | September 30, 1935 |
| Fate: | Sunk October 8, 1939 in the English Channel near Dover. 27 dead. |
| Class and type: | Type II U-boat |
| Service record | |
| Part of | Kriegsmarine: 3. Unterseebootsflottille |
| Identification codes | M 17 865 |
| Commanders | Werner von Schmidt Hans Pauckstadt Dietrich von der Ropp |
| Operations | 1 |
| Victories | No ships sunk or damaged |
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 . All 27 of her crew died. The body of commanding officer Kapitänleutnant Dietrich von der Ropp washed ashore on the French coast near Dunkirk on October 29, 1939.
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