U-5 1943
Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | U-5 | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1943 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | attack submarine | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Nazi Germany | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Kriegsmarine | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | World War II | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Sea / ocean | Baltic Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Kaliningrad | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 14 km from land |
| Position | 54.6667, 19.7500 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
German submarine U-5 was a Type IIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 11 February 1935, launched on 14 August and commissioned 31 August that year, under Oberleutnant zur See Rolf Dau.
U-5 served mostly as a training boat from 1935 to 1940, but did see two wartime patrols in 1940. She was transferred to the 21st U-boat Flotilla on 1 July 1940.
U-5 was sunk on 19 March 1943 in a diving accident west of Pillau (now Baltiysk in Russia); 16 of the 37-man crew survived.
Location
- Recorded position: 54.6667, 19.7500 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Baltic Sea
- Nearest coast: Kaliningrad
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article German submarine U-5 (1935) (revision 1367245221), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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