Submarine order of battle Operationsbefehl Hartmut

1 submarine order of battle

1.1 u-boat group one
1.2 u-boat group two
1.3 u-boat group three
1.4 u-boat group four
1.5 u-boat group five
1.6 u-boat group six
1.7 u-boat group seven
1.8 u-boat group eight
1.9 u-boat group nine
1.10 unassigned

submarine order of battle

operation hartmut engaged every submarine in germany s navy - notably, both antiquated type ia submarines , 6 of germany s iia coastal submarines, operating training boats in baltic. boats unavailable action @ beginning of operation took part in ferrying supplies or patrolling later on.

when hartmut issued on 6 april 1940 german plan designated u-bootwaffe 8 groups (along further group seven, cancelled).

u-boat group one

patrol area: narvik, harstad, westfjord, vagsfjord

u-25 - 1 of 2 type ia submarines in kriegsmarine. under command of viktor schütze, u-25 had no success during hartmut.
u-46 - type viib under herbert sohler iwo erich topp. u-46 had no success during hartmut.
u-51 - type viib under dietrich knorr, failed sink vessels during hartmut.
u-64 - type ixb under georg-wilhelm schulz. u-64 first u-boat sunk aircraft in war. while anchored near bjerkvik, british forces including fairey swordfish launched hms warspite sank boat on 13 april. schulz , other surviving crew rescued water german troops in norway.
u-65 - type ixb, patrolled in north sea 36 days without sinking ships.

u-boat group two

patrol area: trondheim, namsos, romsdalsfjord

u-30 - type viia under fritz-julius lemp, responsible sinking ss athenia, first ship sunk during war. patrol along coast of norway during hartmut uneventful.
u-34 - type viia, torpedoed scuttled norwegian minelayer hnoms frøya on 13 april.

u-boat group three

patrol area: bergen, aalesund, shetland islands

u-9 - type iib commanded wolfgang lüth. while u-9 had relatively successful career, sank no ships during hartmut.
u-15 - type iib commanded herbert wohlfarth, failed sink ships during hartmut.
u-56 - type iic uneventful patrol.
u-60 - type iic uneventful patrol.
u-62 - type iic uneventful patrol.

u-boat group four

patrol area: stavanger

u-1 - type iia brought frontline service. submarine sunk mines, on 6 april.
u-4 - type iia brought frontline status before returning role training boat. sank british t-class submarine hms thistle.

u-boat group five

patrol area: east of shetland islands, vagsfjord, trondheim

u-37 - type ixa, 1 of few boats survive scuttled near war s end. during hartmut, k.kapt. werner hartmann sank 3 freighters.
u-38 - type ixa under heinrich liebe. u-38 engaged multiple ships, plagued premature torpedo detonations , misses.
u-47 - type viib under günther prien , iwo hans-werner kraus.
u-48 - type viib under herbert schultze , iwo reinhard suhren - both ended war successful u-boat aces, had no success on patrol.
u-49 - type viib under kurt von gossler sunk on 15 april depth charges british destroyers hms fearless , hms brazen 1 dead , 41 survivors.
u-50 - type viib sunk mines on 6 april en route patrol area.

u-boat group six

patrol area: pentland, orkney islands, shetland islands

u-13 - type iib commanded max-martin schulte. sank 2 ships , damaged during operational time period. during patrol, u-13 docked in occupied bergen short time on 19 21 april.
u-57 - type iic under claus korth. u-57 sank british tanker in late march, had no success during weserübung.
u-58 - type iic under herbert kuppisch had 1 long patrol during entire operation, no ships sunk.
u-59 - type iic commanded harald jürst, sank 1 norwegian vessel on 6 april.

u-boat group seven

never assembled. group 7 designated patrol eastern entrance english channel, cancelled.

u-boat group eight

patrol area: lindesnes, egernsund

u-2 - type iia brought frontline status 2 patrols during operation before returning role training boat.
u-3 - type iia brought frontline service operation.
u-5 - type iia brought frontline service 1 patrol.
u-6 - type iia brought frontline service 1 patrol.

u-boat group nine

patrol area: bergen, shetland islands; sw of norwegian coast.

u-7 - type iib, on patrol west of norwegian coast when dönitz first received orders prepare hartmut. u-7 conducted 3 patrols during march/april 1940.
u-10 - type iib sank norwegian vessel in february, nothing on patrol during hartmut.
u-19 - type iib sank 4 danish merchants on 19 , 20 march.

unassigned

these u-boats began patrols during timeframe of operation weserübung, not fit service (either due damage, command changes or other reasons) during beginning of hartmut. these submarines operated in area of orkney islands, shetland islands, , near bergen.

u-17 - type iib frontline training; until late april u-17 not on war patrol.
u-23 - otto kretschmer s former type iib. submarine had no success during hartmut.
u-24 - type iib began operations in late april without success.
u-61 - type iic under command of jürgen oesten went on patrol in mid-april, did not have success.




^ war patrols german u-boat u-51 . 
^ type ixb boat u-64 . 
^ patrol of u-boat u-65 9 apr 1940 14 may 1940 . 
^ patrol of u-boat u-34 3 apr 1940 30 apr 1940 . 
^ type iia u-1 . 
^ type iia u-4 . 
^ patrol of u-boat u-37 30 mar 1940 18 apr 1940 . 
^ type ix boat u-38 . 
^ patrol of u-boat u-47 3 apr 1940 26 apr 1940 . 
^ patrol of u-boat u-48 3 apr 1940 20 apr 1940 . 
^ type viib boat u-49 . 
^ type viib boat u-50 . 
^ type iib u-13 . 
^ type iic u-57 . 
^ patrol of u-59 31 mar 1940 7 may 1940 . 
^ appendix 1 b.d.u s war log, 1–31 march 1940 . 
^ type iib u-7 . 
^ type iib u-19 . 
^ patrols of u-17 . 
^ patrols of u-23 .