He set off in 11 patrols with three different captains , and carrying 45 crew drowned ( 237,596 GRT ) and damaged the other 3 ( 28 158 GRT ) ! U - 103 survived the 11 patrol who lived without sustaining significant damage , and in January 1944 finally retired . This ship was later used as a training ship by 2 . And then 4 . ULD ( U - boat Training Division ) , until then his fate ended tragically drowned after the Allied bombing of Kiel dated 15 April 1945
specification
Type : IXB
Work order : May 24, 1938
Manufacture : 6 September 1939 ( AG Weser , Bremen , werk 966 )
Launch : 12 April 1940
Assignment : July 5, 1940 ( Korvettenkapitän Viktor Schütze )
commander
July 5, 1940 - August 12 1941 Korvettenkapitän Viktor Schütze ( Eichenlaubträger )
August 13, 1941 - July 14 1942 Kapitänleutnant Werner Winter ( Ritterkreuträger )
July 15, 1942 - March 13, 1944 : Gustav - Adolf Janssen Kapitänleutnant
January 23, 1945 - February 18, 1945 : Oberleutnant zur See Heinz Murl
March 31, 1945 - 15 April 1945 : Oberleutnant zur See Hans - Norbert Schunck
patrol
1 . 21 September 1940 ( Kiel ) - October 19, 1940 ( Lorient ) : 29 days - 23.976 GRT
2 . 9 November 1940 ( Lorient ) - December 12, 1940 ( Lorient ) : 34 days - 38 465 GRT
3 . January 21, 1941 ( Lorient ) - February 24, 1941 ( Lorient ) : 35 days - 33 464 GRT
4 . 1 April 1941 ( Lorient ) - July 12, 1941 ( Lorient ) : 103 days - 65 172 GRT
5 . 10 September 1941 ( Lorient ) - 9 November 1941 ( Lorient ) : 61 days - 10,594 GRT
6 . 3 January 1942 ( Lorient ) - March 1, 1942 ( Lorient ) : 58 days - 26 539 GRT
7 . 15 April 1942 ( Lorient ) - June 22, 1942 ( Lorient ) : 69 days - 42 169 GRT
8 . October 21, 1942 ( Lorient ) - December 29, 1942 ( Lorient ) : 70 days - 25 375 GRT
9 . February 7, 1943 ( Lorient ) - March 26, 1943 ( Lorient ) : 48 days
10 . 24 April 1943 ( Lorient ) - May 26, 1943 ( Lorient ) : 33 days
11 . July 25, 1943 ( Lorient ) - July 26, 1943 ( Lorient ) : 2 days
12 . 18 September 1943 ( Lorient ) - 19 September 1943 ( Brest ) : 2 days
13 . 23 September 1943 ( Brest ) - January 1, 1944 ( Bergen ) : 101 days
14 . 3 January 1944 ( Bergen ) - January 7, 1944 ( Kiel ) : 5 days
Total : 14 patrols with 650 days at sea
achievement
45 ships sunk for a total tonnage of 237,596 GRT , and 3 ships damaged for a total tonnage of 28,158 GRT
end
Retired from active duty in March 1944. In January 1945 U - 103 departed from Hamburg and Gotenhafen to April 1945 from Hamburg to Kiel . On 15 April 1945 the submarine was sunk after the Allies bombed . It is not known how many of the survivors , only one person recorded killed .
sources :
Magazine " U - Boot im Focus " issue number 2 of 2007
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