U-Boat Operations

U-3	Type IIA
Feldpost Number	M 01 385
Construction Yard	Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel-Gaarden
Yard Number	238
Ordered	2nd Feb 1935
Keel laid	11th Feb 1935
Launched	19th Jul 1935
Commissioned	6th Aug 1935
Baubelehrung	Marinelehr-und Reparaturwerkstatt, Kiel
Training, Flotillas and Duties
08.35 - 06.40	U-Schule Flottille, Neustadt Schulboot (training boat) Frontboot (operational)
07.40 - 07.44	21.U-Flottille, Pillau Schulboot (training boat)
Commanders
06.08.35 - 29.09.37	OL ~ KL Hans Meckel see also: U-19
30.09.37 - 07.38	OL Ernst-Günter Heinicke see also: U-51 U-53
29.10.38 - 02.01.40	OL ~ KL Gustav Wilhelm Joachim Schepke see also: U-19 U-100
03.01.40 - 28.07.40	KL Gerd Schreiber see also: U-95
29.07.40 - 10.11.40	KL Helmut Franzke
11.11.40 - 02.07.41	KL Otto Erich August von Bülow see also: U-404 U-2545
03.07.41 - 02.03.42	OL Hans-Hartwig Trojer see also: U-221
03.03.42 - 30.09.42	OL Joachim Zander see also: U-311
01.10.42 - 18.05.43	LT ~ OL Herbert Zoller see also: U-315
19.05.43 - 09.06.44	LT ~ OL Ernst Hartmann see also: U-382
10.06.44 - 16.07.44	LT Hermann Neumeister see also: U-291

Operations information for U-3
04.09.1939 - 08.09.1939 First Sailing - active patrol U-3 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Joachim Schepke on 4th Sep 1939 for operations SW of Norway and arrived back at Wilhelmshaven four days later on 8th Sep 1939.
13.09.1939 - 24.09.1939 Second Sailing - active patrol On the 13th Sep 1939, U-3 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Joachim Schepke for operations in the Heligoland Bight and returned to Wilhelmshaven on 24th Sep 1939 after one and a half weeks on patrol.
27.09.1939 - 03.10.1939 Third Sailing - active patrol U-3 departed under Joachim Schepke from Wilhelmshaven on 27th Sep 1939 for operations SW of Norway and arrived at Kiel on 3rd Oct 1939 after six days. Joachim Schepke hit two ships on this patrol. On 30th Sep 1939 he sank the Danish 1,150 ton Vendia. On 30th Sep 1939 he sank the Swedish 1,198 ton Gun.
16.03.1940 - 29.03.1940 Fourth Sailing - active patrol U-3 left Kiel under the command of Gerd Schreiber on 16th Mar 1940 for operations in the Skagerrak and after nearly two weeks arrived at Wilhelmshaven on 29th Mar 1940.
12.04.1940 - 19.04.1940 Fifth Sailing - active patrol On the 12th Apr 1940, U-3 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Gerd Schreiber for operations SW of Norway and arrived back at Wilhelmshaven one week later on 19th Apr 1940.

Notes for U-3

U-3 was decommissioned on 1st August 1944 at Neustadt. During 1945 it was used for spare parts before being captured by the British on 3rd May 1945.

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