U-Boat Operations

U-17	Type IIB
Feldpost Number	M 25 322
Construction Yard	F.Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	547
Ordered	2nd Feb 1935
Keel laid	1st Jul 1935
Launched	14th Nov 1935
Commissioned	3rd Dec 1935
Baubelehrung	Marinelehr-und Reparaturwerkstatt, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
12.35 - 10.39	U-Flottille Weddigen, Kiel Schulboot (training boat) Frontboot (operational)
11.39 - 04.40	U-Ausbildungsflottille, Danzig Frontboot (operational)
05.40 - 03.43	U-Abwehrschule Schulboot (training boat)
	22.U-Flottille, Gotenhafen Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
03.12.35 - 01.11.37	OL ~ KLWerner Fresdorf
02.11.37 - 11.09.39	OL ~ KL Heinz von Reiche
11.09.39 - 19.10.39	KL Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff see also: U-24
18.10.39 - 05.01.40	KL Wolf-Harro Stiebler see also: U-8 U-21 U-61 U-461
06.01.40 - 07.07.40	KL Udo Behrens see also: U-16 U-24 U-845
08.07.40 - 04.01.41	OL Herwig Collmann see also: U-562
05.01.41 - 15.10.41	KL Wolfgang Schultze see also: U-512
02.10.41 - 14.10.41	LT Otto Wollschläger see also: UC-1 UC-2 U-721
16.10.41 - 31.05.42	OL Ernst Heydemann see also: U-268
01.06.42 - 22.02.43	LT Walter Sitek see also: U-981 U-3005
23.02.43 - 25.05.44	LT ~ OL Karl-Heinz Schmidt
26.05.44 - 21.12.44	OL Hans-Jürgen Bartsch see also: U-18
22.12.44 - 06.02.45	OL Friedrich Baumgärtel see also: U-142

Operations information for U-17
25.08.1939 - 30.08.1939 First Sailing - active patrol U-17 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Heinz von Reiche on 25th Aug 1939 for operations in the North Sea and arrived back at Wilhelmshaven five days later on 30th Aug 1939.
31.08.1939 - 08.09.1939 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 31st Aug 1939, U-17 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Heinz von Reiche for operations off SE coast of England and returned to Wilhelmshaven on 8th Sep 1939 after just over one week on patrol.U-17 laid mines near Dover on 5th September.
29.01.1940 - 10.02.1940 Third Sailing - active patrol U-17 departed under Udo Behrens from Wilhelmshaven on 29th Jan 1940 for operations in the Shetlands area and arrived back at Wilhelmshaven on 10th Feb 1940 after more than one week on patrol.
29.02.1940 - 07.03.1940 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-17 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Udo Behrens on 29th Feb 1940 for operations in the North Sea and returned one week later to Wilhelmshaven on 7th Mar 1940. Udo Behrens hit two ships on this patrol. On 2nd Mar 1940 he sank the Dutch 695 ton Rijnstroom. On 5th Mar 1940 he sank the Dutch 920 ton Grutto.
13.04.1940 - 02.05.1940 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 13th Apr 1940, U-17 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Udo Behrens for operations off Norway and the Shetlands and arrived at Kiel on 2nd May 1940 after more than two weeks.U-17 rescued German aircrew near the Norwegian coast on 26th April.

Notes for U-17

U-17 was decommissioned on 6th February 1945 at Wilhelmshaven, later it was scuttled on 5th May 1945.

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