Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Kriegsmarine — Submarine 1935

German submarine U-12 (1935)

Type IIB coastal submarine

German submarine U-12 (1935)
not identified. "Official photograph" — This photograph HU 1012 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 5003-04) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1935 Photograph of German submarine U-9 .

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as U-1230 September 1935 — 8 October 193937 days of the war
Type IIB coastal submarine Particulars
Name
U-12
Pennant / hull number
1935
Builder
Germaniawerft, Kiel
Ordered
20 July 1934
Laid down
20 May 1935
Launched
11 September 1935
Commissioned
30 September 1935
Fate
Sunk 8 October 1939 in the English Channel near Dover. 27 dead (1939)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
275 long tons (279 t)
Displacement, submerged
323 long tons (328 t)
Length
42.7 m (140.1 ft) OA
Beam
4.08 m (13.4 ft)
Draught
3.9 m (12.8 ft)
Speed
13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
Range
1,800 nmi (3,334 km)
Complement
25
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)

U-12 was a Type IIB coastal submarine in service with the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1935. Her keel was laid at Germaniawerft, Kiel on 20 May 1935. She entered service on 30 September 1935, having been launched on 11 September 1935.

50 ships of the class were built. The class followed the CV 707-type submarine and was succeeded by the Planned:.

The boat displaced 275 long tons surfaced and 323 long tons submerged. She measured 42.7 m (140 ft) long with a beam of 4.1 m (13 ft). Her designed speed was 13 knots, and she carried a complement of 25.

Her main battery was one 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.

She was in commission for 37 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 8 October 1939, at 51°10′N 1°30′E. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × electric motors
Power
  • 700 PS (diesels)
  • 410 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 3 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
  • 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines
  • 1 × 2 cm C/30 anti-aircraft gun

Sister ships

25 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from German submarine U-12 (1935) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: not identified. "Official photograph" — This photograph HU 1012 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 5003-04) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons