German submarine UA (1939)
 UA gun and conning tower detail
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| History | |
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 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | UA (ex-Batiray) |
| Ordered | 1936 |
| Builder | Germaniawerft , Kiel |
| Laid down | 10 February 1937[1] |
| Launched | 28 August 1938 |
| Commissioned | 20 September 1939[1] |
| Fate | Scuttled on 3 May 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 86.65 m (284 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) |
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| Range |
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| Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 41 men |
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| Service record[1] | |
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| Identification codes: | M 00 073 |
| Commanders: |
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| Operations: | 9 patrols |
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German submarine UA was one of fourteen
Second World War
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Class
Built at Kiel as one of four submarines of the Ay class for Turkey, Batiray as she was to have been named, was not handed over to the
Turkish Navy, being seized by Germany and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine in 1939. Two sister ships, Saldiray and Atılay, had been delivered in June 1939. One boat, Yıldıray, was built slowly in a Turkish shipyard.[1] The design was a modification of the Type IX to fit Turkish requirements. Two of the Turkish U-boats served in the Turkish Navy until 1957, but Atilay was lost in a training exercise off Çanakkale
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Service
UA was commissioned on 20 September 1939 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Cohausz. She had been built as a minelayer by the Turks but the Germans used her like a Type IX U-boat.[1] UA was attacked on 8 March 1941 by the destroyer HMS Wolverine but survived. During her service, she sank eight Allied ships, including the British 13,950 GRT armed merchant cruiser HMS Andania. Only ten ships in total were destroyed by the Foreign U-boats, UA destroying eight of those.[1] She was used on training duties from July 1942 and carried out no more operational patrols. As the war was drawing to a close she was scuttled on 3 May 1945 at Kiel.[8]
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[2][3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 1940 | HMS Andania |  Royal Navy
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13,950 | Sunk |
| 26 June 1940 | Crux |  Norway
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3,828 | Sunk |
| 14 July 1940 | Sarita | Norway
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5,824 | Sunk |
| 3 August 1940 | Rad |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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4,201 | Sunk |
| 15 August 1940 | Aspasia |  Greece
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4,211 | Sunk |
| 19 August 1940 | Kelet |  Kingdom of Hungary
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4,295 | Sunk |
| 20 August 1940 | Tuira |  Panama
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4,397 | Sunk |
| 8 March 1941 | Dunaff Head |  United Kingdom
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5,258 | Sunk |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur. "Foreign U-boats UA". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans Cohausz". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ a b Helgason, Guðmundur. "Hans Eckermann". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ebe Schnoor". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Friedrich Schäfer". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Georg Peters". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ulrich-Philipp Graf von und zu Arco-Zinneberg". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ISBN 1861760698.
Bibliography
- Busch, Rainer; Röll, Hans-Joachim (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II: A Biographical Dictionary. Translated by Brooks, Geoffrey. London, Annapolis, Md: Greenhill Books, Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-186-6.
- Gröner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; Maass, Martin (1991). German Warships 1815–1945, U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels. Vol. 2. Translated by Thomas, Keith; Magowan, Rachel. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-593-4.
External links
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "Foreign U-boats - U-A". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- "U-boat Archive - U-boat KTB - UA 5th War Patrol". Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
