Kapitänleutnant Ulrich Folkers is one of the commanders of the most successful U-boat coming from 2 . Unterseebootsflotille . In this photo she had just returned to the U-boat base Lorient dated 6 November 1942 after completing her fifth patrol mission along the C type IX submarine U - 125 which lasted for three months more
! In this time patrols , Folkers drowned six British ships . Patrol period longer than it should make the paint stuck to the submarine became a bit " muddy " due to the influence of weather and salt water . Note also that there is a windscreen in the control tower of U- 125 , which is actually something more commonly seen in the torpedo boat ! U - 125 sank on the night of May 6, 1943 at approximately Konvoy ONS - 5 in eastern Newfoundland . There are no crew members who survived
By : Alif Rafik Khan
specification
Type : IXC
Work orders : August 7, 1939
Manufacture : May 10, 1940 ( AG Weser , Bremen , werk 988 )
Launch : December 10, 1940
Assignment : March 3, 1941 ( Kapitänleutnant Günter Kuhnke )
commander
March 3, 1941 - December 15, 1941 Korvettenkapitän Günter Kuhnke ( Ritterkreuzträger )
December 15, 1941 - May 6, 1943 : Kapitänleutnant Ulrich Folkers ( Ritterkreuzträger )
patrol
1 . July 15, 1941 ( Kiel ) - July 28, 1941 ( Lorient ) : 14 days
2 . August 12, 1941 ( Lorient ) - 5 November 1941 ( Lorient ) : 86 days
3 . December 18, 1941 ( Lorient ) - February 23, 1942 ( Lorient ) : 68 days - 5,666 tons
4 . 4 April 1942 ( Lorient ) - June 13, 1942 ( Lorient ) : 71 days - 47 055 tonnes
5 . July 27, 1942 ( Lorient ) - 6 November 1942 ( Lorient ) : 103 days - 25,415 tons
6 . 9 December 1942 ( Lorient ) - February 19, 1943 ( Lorient ) : 73 days
7 . 13 April 1943 ( Lorient ) - May 6, 1943 ( sink ) : 24 days - 4,737 tons
Total : 7 patrols with 439 days at sea
achievement
17 ships sunk for a total tonnage of 82,873 GRT .
end
Dated May 6, 1943 sunk east of Newfoundland , Canada , in position 52.30N , 45.20W , after being hit by a British destroyer HMS Oribi and then pounded with a shot of a British corvette HMS Snowflake . Throughout the 54 crew were killed .
sources :
Magazine " U - Boot im Focus " number 2
www.uboat.net