U-Boat Operations

U-10	Type IIB
Feldpost Number	M 04 324
Construction Yard	F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	544
Ordered	20th Jul 1934
Keel laid	22nd Apr 1935
Launched	13th Aug 1935
Commissioned	9th Sep 1935
Baubelehrung	Marinelehr-und Reparaturwerkstatt, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
09.35 - 06.40	U-Schule Flottille, Neustadt Schulboot (training boat)
07.40 - 08.44	21.U-Flottille, Pillau Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
11.09.35 - 21.12.35	OL Heinz Scheringer see also: U-13 U-26
21.12.35 - 01.05.36	KK ~ FK Werner Scheer
01.05.36 - 29.09.37	KL Heinz Beduhn see also: U-16 U-18 U-23 U-25
30.09.37 - 03.04.38	KL Hannes Weingärtner see also: U-4 U-16 U-851
37 - 31.07.38	KL Hans-Rudolf Max Rösing see also: U-11 U-35 U-48
04.04.38 - 31.07.38	KL Herbert Sohler see also: U-46
01.02.38 - 14.08.38	KL Heinrich Otto Moritz Liebe see also: U-2 U-38
01.08.38 - 04.01.39	OL Kurt von Gossler see also: U-12 U-49
05.01.39 - 15.10.39	OL ~ KL Georg-Wilhelm Schulz see also: U-12 U-64 U-124
16.10.39 - 01.40	OL Günther Lorenz see also: U-63
01.40 - 09.06.40	OL Joachim Preuss see also: U-568
10.06.40 - 29.11.40	KL Rolf Christian Detlef Mützelburg see also: U-203
30.11.40 - 09.06.41	KL Wolf-Rüdiger von Rabenau see also: U-52 U-702
10.06.41 - 29.11.41	OL Kurt Ruwiedel see also: U-337
30.11.41 - 22.06.42	OL Hans Karpf see also: U-632
23.06.42 - 02.43	OL Christian-Brandt Coester see also: U-542
02.43 - 02.44	OL Wolfgang Strenger see also: U-1023
02.44 - 01.07.44	OL Kurt Ahlers see also: U-1201

Operations information for U-10
07.09.1939 - 19.09.1939 First Sailing - active patrol U-10 left Kiel under the command of Georg-Wilhelm Schulz on 7th Sep 1939 for operations in the Baltic Sea and arrived back at Kiel more than one week later on 19th Sep 1939.
26.09.1939 - 15.10.1939 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 26th Sep 1939, U-10 left Kiel under the command of Georg-Wilhelm Schulz for operations E of the Orkneys and returned to Kiel on 15th Oct 1939 after more than two weeks on patrol.
28.01.1940 - 05.02.1940 Third Sailing - active patrol U-10 departed under Joachim Preuss from Kiel on 28th Jan 1940 for operations off Lowestoft and arrived at Wilhelmshaven on 5th Feb 1940 after just over one week.
14.02.1940 - 20.02.1940 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-10 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Joachim Preuss on 14th Feb 1940 for operations off of East Anglia and returned six days later to Wilhelmshaven on 20th Feb 1940. Joachim Preuss hit two ships on this patrol. On 17th Feb 1940 he sank the Norwegian 1,819 ton Kvernaas. On 18th Feb 1940 he sank the Dutch 4,537 ton Ameland. You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com. Click the link for more information on Kvernaas.
03.04.1940 - 23.04.1940 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 3rd Apr 1940, U-10 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Joachim Preuss for operations around the Shetlands and Norway and arrived at Kiel on 23rd Apr 1940 after nearly three weeks.

Notes for U-10

U-10 was decommissioned at Gotenhafen on 1st August 1944. It was used for spare parts before being captured by Soviet forces on 29th March 1945.

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KVERNAAS

AMELAND

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