German submarine U-6 (1935)

	U-1, the first Type II boat
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-6
Ordered	2 February 1935
Builder	Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Cost	1,500,000 Reichsmark
Yard number	241
Laid down	11 February 1935
Launched	21 August 1935
Commissioned	7 September 1935
Decommissioned	7 August 1944 at Gotenhafen
Fate	Stricken, 7 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Type IIA coastal submarine
Displacement	254 t (250 long tons) surfaced; 303 t (298 long tons) submerged; 381 t (375 long tons) total;
Length	40.90 m (134 ft 2 in) (o/a); 27.80 m (91 ft 2 in) (pressure hull);
Beam	4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) (o/a); 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull);
Height	8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
Installed power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 shp) (diesels); 360 PS (260 kW; 360 shp) (electric);
Propulsion	2 × propeller shafts; 2 × 0.85 m (2 ft 9 in) three-bladed propellers; 2 × diesel engines; 2 × double-acting electric motors;
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced; 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h; 7.9 mph) submerged;
Range	1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced; 35 nmi (65 km; 40 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged;
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	3 officers, 22 men
Armament	3 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines; 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 anti-aircraft gun;
Service record
Part of:	U-boat School Flotilla; 1 September 1935 – 1 September 1939; 1 October 1939 – 1 February 1940; 1 March – 1 April 1940; 1 May – 30 June 1940; 21st U-boat Flotilla; 1 July 1940 - 7 August 1944;
Identification codes:	M 00 130
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Ludwig Mathes; 7 September 1935 – 30 September 1937; Oblt.z.S. Werner Heidel; 1 October 1937 – 17 December 1938; Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt.Joachim Matz; 17 December 1938 – 26 November 1939; Oblt.z.S. Hans-Bernhard Michalowski; November – December 1939; Oblt.z.S. Otto Harms; 27 November 1939 – 17 January 1940; Oblt.z.S. Adalbert Schnee; 31 January – 10 July 1940; Kptlt.Georg Peters; June – July 1940; Oblt.z.S. Johannes Liebe; 11 July 1940 – March 1941; Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Eberhard Bopst; March – September 1941 ; Herbert Brüninghaus; October 1941 – August 1942; Oblt.z.S. Paul Just; August – September 1942; Oblt.z.S. Herbert Brüninghaus; September – 19 October 1942; Lt.z.S. / Oblt.z.S. Otto Niethmann; 20 October 1942 – June 1943; Lt.z.S. / Oblt.z.S. Alois König; June 1943 – 16 April 1944; Lt.z.S. Horst Heitz; August – October 1943; Lt.z.S. Erwin Jestel; 17 April – 9 July 1944;
Operations:	2 patrols:; 1st patrol:; 24 August – 13 September 1939 ; 2nd patrol:; 4 – 19 Apr 1940;
Victories:	No ships sunk or damaged

The German submarine U-6 was a long-lived but very inactive Type IIA U-boat built before World War II for service in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.

As she was one of the first batch of boats built following the renunciation of the Treaty of Versailles, she was capable of only coastal and short cruising work. This led to her being reassigned to training duties after the Norwegian campaign in 1940.

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