333 Original Pictures of U-Boats

Collection S. Mata
Part I: Including 143 photos property of the commanders Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain and Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus.
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German U-Boat U 7 in the Adriatic Sea during World War I (Photo property of Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 3906x5016 px, 600 dpi, 1508 Kb

 

Deck of a german U-Boat (probably U 33, commanded by Kl Siess) operating in the Adriatic Sea during WWI (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1860x1368 px, 600 dpi, 309 Kb

Austrian submarine of WWI, nicknamed “Occarina” because of his small size (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1338x1986 px, 600 dpi, 240 Kb

Shipyard Germaniawerft AG of F. Krupp in Kiel. Here were built 131 U-Boats commissioned by the Kriegsmarine, including 15 of the type VIIB: one of these was U 47, shown on this photo of G. Prien´s book My Way to Scapa Flow. 1800x1500 px, 300 dpi, 1127 Kb

U 7 (type II) in summer 1935 in Kiel (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 4170x3018 px, 600 dpi, 911 Kb

 

 Dönitz in 1935, with the grade of captain, inspecting U7 as chief of the new born fleet of German U-Boats (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2532x1848 px, 600 dpi, 419 Kb

Ram and pennant of U 7 in Kiel, 1935. Two estonian submarines can be seen behind (foto Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2712x3858 px, 600 dpi, 563 Kb

Maneuvers of the Weddigen’s flotilla in 1935 (foto Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2076x1392 px, 600 dpi, 266 Kb

7 U-Boats of the Weddigen’s flotilla in 1935 (foto Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2142x1524 px, 600 dpi, 296 Kb

U9, commissioned on 21th August 1935, caring as emblem an iron cross of WWI (with imperial cross in the superior arm), in memory of the person that gave name to the U-Boat fleet, Otto Weddigen, commander of U9 in WWI (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1374x2130 px, 600 dpi, 258 Kb

Pictures of Type II U-Boats (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2898x4050 px, 600 dpi, 1154 Kb/ 4062x2898 px, 600 dpi, 1276 Kb

4 U-Boats of the Weddigen flotilla with its supply ship “Saar”, in Swinemünde, January 1936 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 3216x1992 px, 600 dpi, 604 Kb

Back sight of the conning tower of U 7 (type IIB) in 1936 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1368x1962 px, 600 dpi, 267 Kb

U 16 (IIB) was shown on a naval parade in Kiel on 29.5.1936 (IIB) as the newest boat of the Weddigen flotilla . It was commissioned on May 16th (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 5220x2088 px, 600 dpi, 926 Kb

Captain Dönitz contemplates in 1936 from the deck of the "Saar" exercises of underwater attack (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1446x2058 px, 600 dpi, 290 Kb/ 1920x1368 px, 600 dpi, 212 Kb

20mm cannon of in the deck of a type II U-Boat (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2082x1380 px, 600 dpi, 244 Kb

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Semi-submerged deck of U 7 (photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

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Interior of the U7 (IIB, photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1380x1044 px, 600 dpi, 146 Kb

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Semi-submerged conning tower of U 7 (photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1920x1380 px, 600 dpi, 155 Kb

7 U-Boat from the Weddigen flotilla in 1936 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2118x1392 px, 600 dpi, 275 Kb

Control bridge in the conning tower of U 7 (IIB, photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1446x1180 px, 600 dpi, 129 Kb

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U-Boats from the Weddigen fleet in Sassnitz 1936 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2130x1542, 600 dpi, 359 Kb

Frontal view of the conning tower of U 7 after crossing under Lillebaeltsbro bridge in Denmark (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1554x1224 px, 600 dpi, 204 Kb

Torpedo recharge operation in a“canoe” (type II) U-Boat in 1935 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 3834x2700 px, 600 dpi, 799 Kb

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U 13 before the war, when the U-Boats carried the numeral painted in the conning tower and in a plate on the bow (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 3732x1932 px, 600 dpi, 747 Kb

U 12 before the war (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 3204x1998 px, 600 dpi, 825 Kb

U 21 (IIB) in Kiel, 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2172x1470 px, 600 dpi, 403 Kb

Exercise with a “bullet proof diver” from the “Saar”, mother boat from the U-Boat fleet, 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1824x1308 px, 600 dpi, 271 Kb

Back deck of a type II "canoe" (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1380x2052, 600 dpi, 299 Kb

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Bridge tower in the U21 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

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"Small guest" on board of a type II U-Boot in 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2052x1368 px, 600 dpi, 226 Kb

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The Weddigen  fleet in Warnemünde, April 1937 (photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

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The flotilla in Sassnitz, 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2058x1488 px, 600 dpi, 314 Kb

The U8 (IIB) in a trip to Königsberg, 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1344x942 px, 600 dpi, 137 Kb

After lunch on the deck of U 21 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2178x1452 px, 600 dpi, 508 Kb

Anchored flotilla with the “Saar” in 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2064x1368 px, 600 dpi, 268 Kb

signaling buoy for stopped ships (here U 21), 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2064x1380 px, 600 dpi, 284 Kb

The U41 going to Helsinki harbour during the visit of the Weddigen flotilla to Finland within from August 6th to 12th, 1937 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 3234x2106 px, 600 dpi, 692 Kb

The bow of “Saar” in Helsinki (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1962x1392 px, 600 dpi, 318 Kb

The Weddigen fleet in Helsinki (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1992x1362 px, 600 dpi, 466 Kb

U 9 (IIB) emerging in the Baltic Sea (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2034x1356 px, 600 dpi, 353 Kb

photo of the launching day of the Prinz Eugin (22.8.1938). 30 U-Boats of the type II seen in the Tirpitz dock in the port of Kiel. This is propaganda, because on this day only 6 U-Boats of the type IIA and 18 of the type IIB were commissioned: 6 U-Boats showed in the photo were still in the instruction period (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 4104x2784 px, 600 dpi, 1259 Kb

A gull on the bridge of an U-Boot in days of relative tranquillity (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1400x970 px, 300 dpi, 184 Kb

The type VII U-Boats could get submerged in 35 seconds (here we can see the bow of one —U 427— emerging, photo from the periscope). That seemed to Dönitz enough to escape from the airplanes (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1969x2905 px, 600 dpi, 1048 Kb

Shooting calculation system for the torpedos (Torpedo-Vorhalt-Rechner) used as a complement to the optical systems (UZO), in this case in the U 995, an U-Boat from the  type VIIC (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1523x1014 px, 300 dpi, 217 Kb

Model of an U-Boat type VIIC. photo Santiago Mata. 590x1500 px, 300 dpi, 111 Kb

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Frontal view of the bow, detail of the frontal rudders and anchor of U 995 (photos Daniel Schinnerl).

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Frontal views of models of U-Boats type II, VII (center) and IX (photos Santiago Mata).

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Side views of models of U-Boats of type II, VII (center) and IXD2 (photos Santiago Mata).

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Sea mine and 7 m torpedo carried by the U-Boats (photos Daniel Schinnerl).

Top of the conning tower on a type VIIB U-Boat (U 47, published by G. Prien on the book My way to Scapa Flow). 1200x1600 px, 300 dpi, 760 Kb

Otto Schuhart (U 29) sank the carrier Courageous (22.500 tons) on September 17th, 1939. This was the first achievement of the German submarine arm (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 830x1270 px, 300 dpi, 266 Kb

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Victor Otto Oehrn, operations chief of the U-Bootswaffe, sketchet out the attack of U 47 on Scapa Flow (photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

Uniform of an U-Boat commander, Laboe (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1014x1531 px, 300 dpi, 176 Kb

Commando room on a type VIIC U-Boat (U 995) view from the hatch (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1531x1016 px, 300 dpi, 209 Kb

Interior of the commando room (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1524x1016 px, 300 dpi, 230 Kb

88 mm gun from the deck of an U-Boat (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1011x1775 px, 300 dpi, 139 Kb

Torpedoes room, bow of a U-Boat  type VIIC (U 995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1529x1022 px, 300 dpi, 263 Kb

U 47 leaving to the sea. From the book of G. Prien My way to Scapa Flow. 1500x1300 px, 300 dpi, 927 Kb

Günther Prien (photo form the book My way to Sacapa Flow). 1200x1600 px, 300 dpi, 945 Kb

Battleship Royal Oak, sunk in Scapa Flow on 14.10.1939 with 883 members of the crew. Photo from the book My way to Scapa Flow. 1200x1600 px, 300 dpi, 1004 Kb

At his return from Scapa Flow, U47 was greeted by the crew of a German cruiser, photo published in My way to Sacapa Flow. 2000x1450 px, 300 dpi, 1201 Kb

Prien and the crew of U 47 greeted by Dönitz and the admiral Rolf Carls, chief of the fleet. From My way to Scapa Flow. 2552x3508 px, 300 dpi, 8200 Kb

The crew of U 47 flyes on Hitler’s personal plane. From the same book. 2552x3508 px, 300 dpi, 8590 Kb

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U 47 crew welcomed in Berlin. From the same book.

Hitler decorates Prien with the knight cross (Ritterkreuz, RK). Photo published in My way to Scapa Flow. 2552x3508 px, 300 dpi, 10700 Kb

Prien on the conning tower of U 47 with the bull painted by the crew on the way back from Scapa Flow. The 7th flotilla (called Wegener before the war) adopted this emblem in Kiel and St. Nazaire. From the book My way to Scapa Flow. 1350x1800 px, 300 dpi, 1225 Kb

Closing sequence of the hatch of access to the conning tower on U 47. Normally, the commander will go with working uniform and not full dressed as G. Prien in these propaganda photos published in the book My way to Scapa Flow. 1276x1754 px, 300 dpi, 2117 Kb

Depth rudders and kitchen room on U 47. Published in 1940 in My way to Scapa Flow. 1200x1754 px, 300 dpi, 768 Kb

Petty officers room in a type VIIC U-Boat(U 995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1018x1543 px, 300 dpi, 220 Kb

U-Boat’s crew’s clothing (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1529x1008 px, 300 dpi, 204 Kb

Diesel engines room in a type VIIC U-Boat (U 995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1019x1530 px, 300 dpi, 245 Kb

From June to November 1940 the U-Boats registered the period of greater effectiveness, because the british Navy remained on the ports waiting for an invasion of Britain. On these "happy times" many submarines exhibed on return pennants with silhouettes of ships and numbers of sunk tonnage (photo from My way to Scapa Flow). 1269x1761 px, 300 dpi, 1226 Kb

In his sixth patrol on U 47, in June 1940, Prien sank 6 ships (51,483 Gross Registred Tonnage, GRT). This photo published in My way to Scapa Flow shows "its aspect after exceed the 60,000 GRT sunk". 1100x1460 px, 300 dpi, 724 Kb

Dönitz celebrates his birthday on 16.9.1940 in his headquarters near the Bois de Boulogne (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2862x2082 px, 600 dpi, 690 Kb

Dönitz and his staff in Paris, 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2772x1932 px, 600 dpi, 580 Kb

Godt and Dönitz, 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2808x1986 px, 600 dpi, 446 Kb

Dönitz and his assistant Knebel-Doeberitz in 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2964x4092 px, 600 dpi, 1423 Kb

Oehrn and, in the middle, Godt, 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2766x1950 px, 600 dpi, 647 Kb

Godt in 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2214x1974 px, 600 dpi, 356 Kb

Oehrn and Godt, 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1962x2802 px, 600 dpi, 610 Kb

Dönitz imposes the RK to Fritz Frauenheim (this decoration was awarded on 29.8.40), at the end of the war Frauenheim was the 49th most successful commander, with 19 ships (78,853 GRT) sunk in 9 patrols (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2976x2130 px, 600 dpi, 693 Kb


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Adalbert Schnee presents a patrol inform, 1940. with 23 ships sunk in 12 patrols (96,547 GRT), he was the 37th most successful U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

The age of the commanders and the good results will bring a good time to Dönitz. Here he laughs about the jokes during a report of patrol of Hans Jenisch. Commander of the U32 (VIIA), Jenisch sank on 28.10.1940 the  Empress of Britain (42,348 GRT); two days later the U-Boat was sunk and his commander captured (photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

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Dönitz in 1940, with the grade of rear admiral (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2076x2886 px, 600 dpi, 530 Kb

Commanders Kuhnke, Frauinheim (in the middle) and Liebe (up) in 1940. With 34 ships (187,267 GRT) sunk in 9 patrols, Liebe was the 4th more successful U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2058x2868 px, 600 dpi, 614 Kb

Dönitz with his staff visiting Versailles in 1940 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2898x2070 px, 600 dpi, 662 Kb

Dönitz, who was called uncle Karl by the submarine crews, did not escape from the cult to personalities that impregnated the III Reich. Here we can see him posing in 1940 for the making of a bust (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2922x2058 px, 600 dpi, 587 Kb

Dönitz greets a crew who returns of a patrol (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2910x2028 px, 600 dpi, 562 Kb

Karl Dönitz, chief of the U-Bootswaffe, in a photo from 1941 (Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2994x4134 px, 600 dpi, 831 Kb

In the photo, published in the book My way to Scapa Flow, the periscope of U 47 has 10 pennants with tonnages of sunk ships. 2201x1633 px, 300 dpi, 1419 Kb

photo of the U 47 crew after the sinking of the Royal Oak, published in My way to Scapa Flow. 2552x3508 px, 300 dpi, 3277 Kb

Günther Prien (with 30 ships sunk in 10 patrols and 162,768 GRT was the 9th most successful U-Boat commander. He was lost with the whole crew of U 47 on march 7th, 1941 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1980x2724 px, 600 dpi, 529 Kb

In the middle, Otto Kretschmer, the first “as” of the German submarine arm in WWII (46 ships sunk in 16 patrols, 272,958 GRT), became prisoner in march of 1941 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2658x2022 px, 600 dpi, 512 Kb

Julius Lemp (left) in 1941 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2778x1980 px, 600 dpi, 589 Kb

Herbert Kuppisch (RK on 14.4.1941), participated in may 1941 in the attack in which U 110 was captured (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1801x2737 px, 600 dpi, 961 Kb

Julius Lemp, that with U 30 had sunk in a regrettable error the first ship in the war, disappeared in June 1941 in never clarified circumstances during the capture of his U-Boat, U 110 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1998x2706 px, 600 dpi, 506 Kb

Weels for pressure regulation in a type VIIC U-Boat (U 995). After the capture of the U110, The British made tree copies (“simulators”) of the commando room of an U-Boat for teaching the commandos to insert air in the tanks and prevent the sinking of captured U-Boats (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1523x1016 px, 300 dpi, 282 Kb

Torpedo-load hatchway in the front part of the deck of a type VIIC U-Boat (U 995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1021x1526 px, 300 dpi, 211 Kb

Observation ("aerial") periscope in a VIIC U-Boat (U 995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1537x1016 px, 300 dpi, 258 Kb

Erich Topp, the thrid most successful U-Boat commander (35 ships sunk in 12 patrols, 197,460 GRT) sank for the first time an US warship in October 1941. Here we see him received with full honours in St. Nazaire (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2953x2065 px, 600 dpi, 930 Kb

Topp and Endraß (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 3037x2004 px, 600 dpi, 1003 Kb

Topp (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2017x2965 px, 600 dpi, 871 Kb

Herbert Sohler, chief of the 7th flotilla (St. Nazaire) photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus. 1813x2797 px, 600 dpi, 1070 Kb

Topp (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1825x2797 px, 600 dpi, 916 Kb

Endraß (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1765x2725 px, 600 dpi, 989 Kb

Jost Metzler (RK on 28.7.1941). Photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus. 1849x2737 px, 600 dpi, 1203 Kb

Engelbert Endraß, at right with his friend Topp. Endraß was victim of the U-Boat-hunter group of “Johnny” Walker in December 1941. He was the 20th most successful U-Boat commander with 23 ships sunk in 10 patrols, 123,144 GRT (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2004x3006 px, 600 dpi, 887 Kb

Robert Gysae, who received the RK on December 31th,1941 being commander of U 98 (VIIC) was appointed in March to command U 177 (IXD2), in the same 7th flotilla (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2953x1969 px, 600 dpi, 871 Kb

Staff of the 7th flotilla (St. Nazaire) in 1942 with Erich Topp in the middle of the first row; ahead, Herbert Sohler, chief of the flotilla between September 1940 and February 1944 (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 3037x1969 px, 600 dpi, 932 Kb

Dönitz and Raeder visiting the bunkers in construction in Lorient on May 7th, 1942. At sight of their failure in the bombing against industrial centers, the British would begin that month to bomb cities in Germany massively, instead of destroying the bunkers in construction (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 3049x2012 px, 600 dpi, 988 Kb

Raeder tallking in Lorient on May 7th, 1942, to the crew of U 505: this U-Boat was the only one captured by the US Navy (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2989x2005 px, 600 dpi, 1007 Kb

The nazi propagandist Lothar Günther Buchheim is decorated by Dönitz in a scene that the camera of another propagandist gathers for the posterity. After the war, Buchheim -author of the novel Das Boot, that would serve as base for the film of the same title- would become one of the bloodiest critical of Dönitz (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2970x2040 px, 600 dpi, 803 Kb

Dönitz in the times when he can receive personally the commanders of the U-Boats that came back from the see (photo Graf von Gudenus). 1450x1010 px, 300 dpi, 452 Kb

Although Dönitz wanted to maintain direct bonding with its subordinates -here we see him reviewing troops next to the French coast-, after the British attack to Bruneval, Hitler forced him to transfer his residence to Paris (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1130x760 px, 300 dpi, 166 Kb

Dönitz with his staff in Angers, France, 1942 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 5616x4296 px, 600 dpi, 2226 Kb

For Raeder, who here we see surrounded by U-Boat officers on May 7th,1942, in Lorient, a war against Great Britain would mean "the end of Germany" and in such eventuality the German sailors could only show "how to die with dignity" (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2965x2022 px, 600 dpi, 891 Kb

August 17th, 1942: Topp (left) has just received the telegram from Hitler awarding him the swords for his RK with oak leaves. In the middle, a  Sonderführer (Nazi propagandist that sometimes boarded in an U-Boat). photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus. 2952x1969 px, 600 dpi, 1198 Kb

Topp in the observation’s (or "aerial") pe riscope of U 552: in this periscope the UZO could not be installed to make the firing calculations: the UZO was installed on the deck (if the attack was carried on surface) or, in immersion, in a reduced space within on the conning tower, from where the firing of torpedos was executed, normally in charge of the first officer (IWO, photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 3001x2017 px, 600 dpi, 2466 Kb

Topp reporting to a commander of the 7th flotilla in St. Nazaire: this procedure was necessary before the crew could go down (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 4177x2725 px, 600 dpi, 4679 Kb

Adorning with flowers the conning tower of U 71 after its arrival to the base of St. Nazaire in the second half of 1942. His commander, the Viennese Hardo Rodler von Roithberg, speaks on the megaphone (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1981x2893 px, 600 dpi, 815 Kb

In September 1942, Raeder (in the middle of the photo) and Dönitz (extending his arm, in the photo) rejected, as they made in May, the pretension of Hitler to shoot the shipwrecked persons of sunken ships (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 4194x2976 px, 600 dpi, 1011 Kb

Scheme of a type XIV U-Boot (Daniel Schinnerl). U 464 was the first "milk cow" sunk, on August 20th, 1942. With a total displacement of 2,300 tons (1,668 in surface) and 67.1 m.s of length, they had an autonomy of 12,350 miles at 10 knots in surface (55 at 4 knots in immersion). 680x490 px, 300 dpi, 97 Kb

Between the two flags, with the amounts of Tons of the sink ships, is visible the flag of the British ship Andalucia-Star (14,943 GRT), sink by U 107 (IXB, Kptlt. Harald Gelhaus) in the south Atlantic in October 1942. In this time America stopped being the "private hunting fields" for the U-Boats (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1523x1015 px, 300 dpi, 215 Kb

The crew of an U-Boat (U 71) receives correspondence at her arrival into a French refuge: in January 1943 took place the first -unfruitful- allied bombing of one of these bunkers (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1957x2917 px, 600 dpi, 1149 Kb

Dönitz in Angers, 1943, a short time before he transfer to Berlin as new chief of the Kriegsmarine (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

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Dönitz leaves his headquarters in the castle of Pignerolles, after being named head of the Kriegsmarine on January 30th, 1943 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2688x1878 px, 600 dpi, 475 Kb

Pignerolles Castle, last of Dönitz headquarters as chief of the submarine arm (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 3018x1992 px, 600 dpi, 576 Kb

In this scale model of a type VIIC U-Boot (U 995) a buoy and four dinghies can be appraised in their respective packing (photo Santiago Mata). 1620x1220 px, 300 dpi, 355 Kb

U427 Crew (U-Boat type VIIC) in the day of its commissioning ceremony , June 2nd, 1943 (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2130x1501 px, 600 dpi, 537 Kb

U 427’s officers (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2142x1501 px, 600 dpi, 658 Kb

Commanders room in a type VIIC U-Boat (U 427): count Gudenus has hung a picture of his village, in the place of Hitler’s photo that came as standard decoration in the U-Boats (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2310x1657 px, 600 dpi, 452 Kb

Back and front view of the conning tower of a type VIIC U-Boot (U 427, foto Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2077x3013 px, 600 dpi, 771 Kb

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In July 11th, 1943 the U 441 (U-Flak 1), lost 23 members of its crew after being attacked by 3 planes. Due to the gravity of the wounds of his commander (Götz von Hartmann, to the left), the U-Boat was commanded to Brest by Dr. Pfaffinger, doctor on board (in the middle). Both and the chief of machines are carrying here the "German gold cross" given by the chief of the submarine arm in the west (FdU-West), Rösing (right; photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

Herbert Kuppisch, with 16 shinps sunk (82,109 TRB) in 14 patrols, was the 45th most successful U-Boat commander. He disappeared with U 847 on August 27 th, 1943 (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1974x2712 px, 600 dpi, 489 Kb

Front part, side and cut of a type XXI U-Boat model (photo Santiago Mata).

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Interior view of U 2540, the only nowadays existing type XXI U-Boot, from the engine room (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1021x1492 px, 300 dpi, 238 Kb

Access to the conning tower of U 2540 (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1526x1013 px, 300 dpi, 249 Kb

U 2540’s forward torpedo room. The hydraulic charge system would have allow to shoot 18 torpedoes in 20 minutes (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1533x1022 px, 300 dpi, 325 Kb

Conning tower of U 2540 (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1531x1013 px, 300 dpi, 193 Kb.

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Detail of the different gadgets that can be found in the conning tower.

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In September 1943 the U-Boats were armed with 20mm anti-aircraft guns. In this photo of Daniel Schinnerl can be seen the to twins montages of the U 995 in the superior part of the "Wintergarden" cunning tower.

Scale model of a type VIIC U-Boat with two twin 20 mm anti-aicraft assemblies and one quadruple. The U-Boot is presumably U 995, that as it is conserved in Laboe does not have a quadruple assembly but a 37 mm gun (photo Santiago Mata). 1620x1220 px, 300 dpi, 306 Kb.

Scale model of a type IXD2 U-Boat, were the previous gunnery has being substitued (as happened from November 1943) by a 37 mm cannon: this was almost useless to the real U 177, sunk on 6.2.1944 in the west of Ascension island by the B-24 Liberator letter B-3 of the US squadron VB-107 (50 members of the crew died and 15 survived). In this model the presence of a numeral and the flag are incorrect (photo Santiago Mata). 1620x1220 px, 300 dpi, 316 Kb.

In November 1943, the U-Boats were equipped with an anti-aircraft gun of 37 mm (in the photo of Daniel Schinnerl, the one of U 995). 1520x1016 px, 300 dpi, 158 Kb.

Type VII U-Boats moored to port in Norway (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1405x2048 px, 600 dpi, 349 Kb.

Conning tower of U 427, in which partially its emblem is seen: a soldier with sword and shield (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1309x2037 px, 300 dpi, 311 Kb.

Example of impermeable suit (taken by the second guard officer -IIWO of U 71). Photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus. 1465x1345 px, 600 dpi, 261 Kb.

The meager artillery that still in 1943 took a type VIIC U-Boot (U 427): only a 20 mm gun down and a semiautomatic 37 mm gun in the upper gondola (foto Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1330x1993 px, 300 dpi, 367 Kb.

The commander of U 71, Walter Flachsinberg, is an example of the tolerance in the uniformity of the U-Boat officers: against the regulation is not only the usual emblem of the U-Boot in the cap (in this case, a serpent or marine dragoon), but also the fur coat (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 4837x4141 px, 600 dpi, 3876 Kb.

Typical curve deck on a type VIIC U-Boat (U 427, photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1429x2101 px, 600 dpi, 401 Kb.

Port diesel engine in a type VIIC U-Boat (U995, photo Daniel Schinnerl). The Schnorchel permitted to sale in immersion with the diesel engines and to recharge the batteries. 1016x1522 px, 300 dpi, 248 Kb.

Photos of a scale model showing the retractable Schnorchel of U 995. In the third photo a detail in another scale model can be seen (that, unlike the U-Boot conserved in Laboe, takes a quadruple 20 mm assembly in the second Wintergarten). Photos Santiago Mata.

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Part of the fallen lists of the U-Bootswaffe in the Laboe monument. In the middle can be seen those of U 852: birth dates of the seven crew members killed as the U-Boat was captured. Heinz Eck appears as the commander of U 852, but not within the fallen crew members. He was shoot death by the British on 30.11.1945 (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1529x1016 px, 300 dpi, 340 Kb.

U 995 was one of the 30 U-Boats that acted in 1944 in the Arctic. View of the war memorial of the U-Bootswaffe in Laboe (foto Daniel Schinnerl). 1529x1013 px, 300 dpi, 228 Kb.

Sight from the conning tower of U553 (VIIC), commanded by Karl Thurmann (RK). In front it can be seen at the left the compass, to the right a covered periscope and at the side of the man using the prismatic the Funkmeß-Ortungsgerät (FuMO). The emblem of the submarine had to be a turtle, judging by the cap that takes the man who leans in the axis where the UZO for attacks could be fixed for surface attacks  (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1928x2953 px, 600 dpi, 913 Kb.

Robert Gysae (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 191x2929 px, 600 dpi, 787 Kb.

Two commanders talking on the deck of a type VII U-Boot in Norway. Behind, the opened torpedoes freight hatch of another U-Boot of the same type can be seen (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2365x1621 px, 600 dpi, 652 Kb.

Observation periscope (in the middle of the photo) and attack periscope (to the left, with up cylinder and black band) in the conning tower of a type VII U-Boat (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1405x2125 px, 600 dpi, 430 Kb.

Observation ("aerial") periscope of U 427 with two pennants symbolizing supposedly sunk destroyers (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1453x2089 px, 600 dpi, 413 Kb.

U 427 (VIIC) in Norway (photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 2377x1585 px, 600 dpi, 375 Kb.

Example of the front deck of a type VII U-Boat (U 427, photo Carl-Gabriel von Gudenus). 1340x2108 px, 600 dpi, 426 Kb.

Midget submarine type Seehund (photos Daniel Schinnerl). 519x649 px, 300 dpi, 49 Kb.

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Periscope and commander’s cabin of the U 2540 (photos Daniel Schinnerl).

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The U 2540, conserved as a museum in  Bremerhaven (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1535x1016 px, 300 dpi, 182 Kb.

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At the right, it can be seen tree type XXI U-Boats in Bergen, Norway, 1945. In the middle (bow to the sea) U 2511, the only U-Boat of this type that actually patrolled, carrying a clearer camouflage (photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

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Four type VI U-Boats (and stern of two others in Bergen, Noruega (foto Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2946x2010 px, 600 dpi, 512 Kb.

Bergen, Norway, 1945. The chief of the U-Bootswaffe in the west (FdU-West) Rösing gives the RK to commander Rolf Thomsen (awarded on January 4th), that made 2 patrols and sank only a ship, and to whom Hitler, the 29 of April, eve of his death, granted the oak leaves for the RK (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2970x1998 px, 600 dpi, 526 Kb.

Viktor Schütze -nicknamed Stöpke-, was with the U 25 the first to use the port of Cadiz to refuel, finished the war as fifth most successful U-Boat commander, with 35 sunk ships and 180,073 GRT in 7 patrols (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1980x2568 px, 600 dpi, 715 Kb.

Bergen, 1945: saluting (from left to right), the chief of the 11th flotilla, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (with 25 ships sunk, 179,125 GRT, in 10 patrols, he was the 6th most successful U-Boat commander), The FdU-West Rösing, and Thomsen, when he just got the RK (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2976x2010 px, 600 dpi, 570 Kb.

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Front and side view of U 995, in Laboe (photos Daniel Schinnerl).

Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, with 19 ships sunk (89,886 GRT) in 8 patrols, was the 40th most successful U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 2004x2616 px, 600 dpi, 486 Kb.

Karl-Heinz Moehle, with 21 ships sunk (93,197 TRB) in 10 patrols, was the 39th most successful U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1956x2580 px, 600 dpi, 584 Kb.

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Herbert Wohlfarth, with 21 ships sunk (66,032 GRT) in 9 patrols, was the 66th most successful U-Boat commander (photos Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

Claus Korth, with 15 sunk ships (73,015 TRB) in 14 patrols, was the 58th most successful U-Boat commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1968x2730 px, 600 dpi, 615 Kb.

Otto Salman, with 13 ships sunk (56,333 GRT) in 7 patrols, got the 74th place in the most successful commanders (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain). 1914x2598 px, 600 dpi, 535 Kb.

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With 13 ships sunk (56,272 GRT) in 9 patrols, Günter Kuhnke (RK awarded on 19.9.1940) was the 75th most successful commander (photo Karl Daublebsky von Eichhain).

Kiel bay, with the monument to the fallen of the U-Bootswaffe and the U-Boat U 995 (photo Daniel Schinnerl). 1681x1150 px, 300 dpi,

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Emblem of the U-Bootswaffe in the monument of Laboe (photos Daniel Schinnerl).

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