Krym. The Terminating stage. The Region Sevastopol. 1944. Photo by Haldey E.A. 

The U 47 is shown in the photo sailing around Kiel harbour to celebrate the sinking of the Royal Oak.

 U-47 - 23/10/1939 Kiel

Torpedo being loaded

Father Suhren, former Rittmeister (Captain) in a Royal Saxon Ulan Regiment with his sons Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander) Gerd Suhren (1914-1991), Chief Engineer of U 37 and Fregattenkapitän (Commander) Reinhard Suhren (1916-1984), Commandant of U 564.

Suhren Family

Two German ordnance NCOs disarming an enemy seamine.

Disarming enemy seamines

German seamines

Kapitänleutnant FRIEDRICH GUGGENBERGER (*March 6, 1915 in Munich, +May 13, 1988 in Erlenbach). Holder of the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, commandant of U 28, U 81, U 847 and U 513. After the war he made it up to Rear Admiral in the German Bundeswehr. With U 81 Guggenberger sank the British carrier HMS Ark Royal, with U 513 he got attacked by an American aircraft. The U-Boat sank, only Guggenberger and six other crew members made it out of the boat. Being a POW in the US he failed in an attempt to escape, 4 miles away from the Mexican border he got caught. Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease he went for a walk in the woods of Erlenbach/Main on May 13, 1988. He never returned, his mummified body was found two years later, identified by his wedding ring only.

Kapitänleutnant FRIEDRICH GUGGENBERGER

German battlecruiser &quot;Scharnhorst&quot;, photo from 1939. During an intended attack on a british Norwegian Sea Convoy on December 26, 1943, Scharnhorst met superior escort forces and was battered down. The ship was hit by more than 2000 grenades and about 50 torpedoes during the battle. Only 36 survivors of the crew of 1840 could be saved, among the dead were the battlegroup commander Konteradmiral Erich Bey and the captain Kapitän z. S. Fritz Hintze. Scharnhorst's derelict was discovered in 2000 by norwegian journalist  Alf R. Jacobsen in a depth of about 300 meters (~1000ft.).

Battlecruiser &quot;Scharnhorst&quot;

&quot;Prinz Eugen&quot; made it through the war although being damaged a couple of times. After the war the USA used her as a test object for their nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll. At Kwajalein Lagoon the ship capsized on November 15, 1947. Remains of &quot;Prinz Eugen&quot; are still visible there today.

Heavy Cruiser &quot;Prinz Eugen&quot;

it is sunk 25.04.1943 южнее of the cape Farveli (Greenland) deep bomb "Swordfish"

U-203 in France

Kriegsmarine

U-354 

U-boat

After transportation. At 92nd Street and Calumet River

U-505 (type IXC)

June 4 1944 were enthralled seaborne westward from Africa american destroyer. At present in museum of industry (Chicago. USA)

Germany's biggest battleship by that time, the Bismarck, clears the port for her first and last mission to the Northern Atlantic. Gotenhafen/Germany, May 18th, 1941.

Bismarck frontal

Collision cruisers &quot;Leipzig&quot; and &quot;Prinz Eugen&quot;.

15-10-1944

After provisions have been made and the eels (nickname for torpedoes) have been installed in the scrawny body, the boat is outward bound and the officers of the u-boat relax and have a cigarette afterwards.

On mission!

U-Boat bunker at the french atlantic coast: sweaty german submariners insert a greasy eel (nickname for torpedo) into the scrawny body of their Type VIIC submarine.

German submarine Type VIIC prepared for mission

A crew aboard U-110 operates the Enigma machine

Enigma machine

I am currently very interested in U-boats and am studying about them. A U-175 sailor asks to be rescued after his boat was sunk while preparing to attack Convoy HX-233 on 17 April 1943.  USCGC Spencer detected U-175 ahead of the convoy and conducted two depth charge attacks.  Forty minutes later the boat was forced to surface and was scuttled by her crew.  Spencer and USCGC Duane rescued 44 survivors 


A U-175 sailor

U-255 after the attacks on PQ 17, flying four victory pennants and the captured flag of the merchant ship SS Paulus Potter.

U-255

during downtime a snowman is built by German Navy men

German Navy

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