U-4, the game's first sub; here's its life-story

[Lord Haart]

The earliest sub you can command in this game is U-4, the Type IIA.
I thought some might want to learn what really happened :

U-4

Type IIA

Ordered 2 Feb 1935
Laid down 11 Feb 1935 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 239)
Launched 31 Jul 1935
Commissioned 17 Aug 1935 Oblt. Hannes Weingärtner
Commanders
17 Aug 1935 - 29 Sep 1937 Kptlt. Hannes Weingaertner
30 Sep 1937 - 28 Oct 1938 Kptlt. Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky
29 Oct 1938 - 16 Jan 1940 Kptlt. Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt
17 Jan 1940 - 7 Jun 1940 Oblt. Hans-Peter Hinsch
8 Jun 1940 - 28 Jul 1940 Oblt. Heinz-Otto Schultze (Knights Cross)
29 Jul 1940 - 2 Feb 1941 Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche (German Cross in Gold)
3 Feb 1941 - 8 Dec 1941 Oblt. Hinrich-Oscar Bernbeck
9 Dec 1941 - 15 Jun 1942 Oblt. Wolfgang Leimkühler
16 Jun 1942 - 23 Jan 1943 Oblt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Marienfeld
24 Jan 1943 - 31 May 1943 Joachim Düppe
1 Jun 1943 - 22 Aug 1943 Oblt. Paul Sander
23 Aug 1943 - May, 1944 Oblt. Herbert Mumm
May, 1944 - 9 Jul 1944 Oblt. Hubert Rieger
Career
4 patrols
1 Aug 1935 - 1 Sep 1939 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Sep 1939 - 1 Oct 1939 U-Bootschulflottille (active service)
1 Oct 1939 - 1 Feb 1940 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Mar 1940 - 1 Apr 1940 U-Bootschulflottille (active service)
1 May 1940 - 30 Jun 1940 U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)
1 Jul 1940 - 31 Jul 1944 21. Flottille (school boat)
Successes 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 5,133 GRT
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 1,090 tons

Fate
Decommissioned 31 July 1944 in Gotenhafen (today Gdynia, Poland) and cannibalized for spare parts. In early 1945 hulk was towed west to Stolpmünde (today Ustka, Poland) and captured there by Soviet forces on 9 March 1945.

Scuttled in late 1945 in Stolpmünde harbor by Russians after being inspected by the Tripartite Naval Commission (TNC) on 28 August 1945. Raised by the Polish harbor authority in 1950 and broken up in 1951.

[Arvis]

Wow interesting .thanks :)

[Kaleu]

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