German submarine U-17 (1935)

U-9, a typical Type IIB boat
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-17
Ordered	2 February 1935
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Yard number	547
Laid down	1 July 1935
Launched	14 November 1935
Commissioned	3 December 1935
Fate	Scuttled, 5 May 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
General characteristics
Class and type	Type IIB coastal submarine
Displacement	279 t (275 long tons) surfaced 328 t (323 long tons) submerged
Length	42.70 m (140 ft 1 in) o/a 27.80 m (91 ft 2 in) pressure hull
Beam	4.08 m (13 ft 5 in) (o/a) 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) (pressure hull)
Height	8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power	700 PS (510 kW; 690 bhp) (diesels) 410 PS (300 kW; 400 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) submerged
Range	1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 35–43 nmi (65–80 km; 40–49 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	3 officers, 22 men
Armament	3 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 5 × torpedoes or up to 12 TMA or 18 TMB mines 1 × 2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft gun
Service record
Part of:	1st U-boat Flotilla 1 December 1935 – 1 August 1939 1 September – 31 October 1939 U-boat Training Flotilla 1 November 1939 – 30 April 1940 U-boat Defense School 1 May 1940 – 28 February 1943 22nd U-boat Flotilla 1 March 1943 – 6 February 1945
Identification codes:	M 25 322
Commanders:	Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Werner Fresdorf 3 December 1935 – 1 November 1937 Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Heinz von Reiche 2 November 1937 – 11 September 1939 Kptlt. Harald Jeppener-Haltenhoff 11 September – 17 October 1939 Kptlt. Wolf-Harro Stiebler 18 October 1939 – 5 January 1940 Kptlt. Udo Behrens 6 January – 7 July 1940 Oblt.z.S. Herwig Collmann 8 July 1940 – 4 January 1941 Kptlt. Wolfgang Schultze 5 January – 15 October 1941 Otto Wollschläger 2 – 14 October 1941 Oblt.z.S. Ernst Heydemann 16 October 1941 – 31 May 1942 Walter Sitek 1 June 1942 – 22 February 1943 Oblt.z.S.d.R Karl-Heinz Schmidt 23 February 1943 – 25 May 1944 Oblt.z.S. Hans-Jürgen Bartsch 26 May – 21 December 1944 Oblt.z.S. Friedrich Baumgärtel 22 December 1944 – 6 February 1945
Operations:	4 patrols: 1st patrol: a. 31 August – 8 September 1939 b. 9 – 10 September 1939 2nd patrol: 29 January – 10 February 1940 3rd patrol: a. 29 February – 7 March 1940 b. 27 March 1940 c. 5 – 6 April 1940 4th patrol: 13 April – 2 May 1940
Victories:	3 merchant ships sunk (1,825 GRT)

German submarine U-17 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. It was built in Germaniawerft, Kiel, where it was laid down on 1 July 1935 and commissioned on 3 December 1935, under the command of Werner Fresdorf.