German submarine U-19 (1935)

U-9, a typical Type IIB boat
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-19
Ordered	2 February 1935
Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel Galați shipyard, Romania
Yard number	549
Laid down	20 July 1935
Launched	21 December 1935
Commissioned	16 January 1936
Fate	Scuttled on 11 September 1944 off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea[1]
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 January 1936 – 1 August 1939 1 September 1939 – 30 April 1940 1st U-boat Training Flotilla 1 May – 30 June 1940 24th U-boat Flotilla 1 July – 18 December 1940 22nd U-boat Flotilla 19 December 1940 – 18 April 1942 30th U-boat Flotilla 28 December 1942 – 11 September 1944
Identification codes:	M 23 036
Commanders:	Kptlt. Viktor Schütze 16 January 1936 – 30 September 1937 Kptlt. Hans Meckel 30 September 1937 – 1 November 1939 Kptlt. Wilhelm Müller-Arnecke 2 November 1939 – 2 January 1940 Kptlt. Joachim Schepke 3 January – 30 April 1940 Kptlt. Wilfried Prellberg 1 May – 19 June 1940 Kptlt. Peter Lohmeyer 20 June – 20 October 1940 Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Wolfgang Kaufmann 21 October – 8 November 1940 Kptlt. Rudolf Schendel 8 November 1940 – 31 May 1941 Oblt.z.S. Gerhard Litterscheid 1 June 1941 – February 1942 Oblt.z.S. / Kptlt. Hans-Ludwig Gaude 16 December 1941 – February 1942 February – 18 April 1942 28 December 1942 – 2 December 1943 Oblt.z.S. Willy Ohlenburg 3 December 1943 – 6 September 1944 Oblt.z.S. Hubert Verpoorten 7 – 11 September 1944
Operations:	20 patrols: 1st patrol: 25 August – 15 September 1939 2nd patrol: a.27 September – 1 October 1939 b.4 – 5 October 1939 3rd patrol: a. 14 – 18 October 1939 b. 19 – 20 October 1939 c. 6 – 7 November 1939 4th patrol: 14 – 20 November 1939 5th patrol: 4 – 12 January 1940 6th patrol: 18 – 28 January 1940 7th patrol: 12 – 26 February 1940 8th patrol: 14 – 23 March 1940 9th patrol: 3 – 23 April 1940 10th patrol: 21 January – 19 February 1943 11th patrol: 17 – 30 March 1943 12th patrol: 14 April – 4 May 1943 13th patrol: a. 10 – 11 June 1943 b. 16 June – 7 July 1943 c. 8 – 10 July 1943 14th patrol: a. 25 July – 16 August 1943 b. 18 – 24 August 1943 15th patrol: 11 November – 2 December 1943 16th patrol: 22 December 1943 – 19 January 1944 17th patrol: 10 February – 7 March 1944 18th patrol: 10 April – 6 May 1944 19th patrol: 6 – 8 June 1944 20th patrol: a. 25 August – 7 September 1944 b. 7 – 10 September 1944
Victories:	14 merchant ships sunk (35,430 GRT) 1 warship sunk (441 tons)

German submarine U-19 was a Type IIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 20 July 1935, at the Germaniawerft of Kiel. She was launched on 21 December 1935, and commissioned on 16 January 1936, under the command of Kapitänleutnant Viktor Schütze.

U-19 conducted 20 patrols, sinking 15 ships totalling 35,430 gross register tons (GRT) and 441 tons. On 1 May 1940, U-19 was withdrawn from combat duty and used for training and as a school boat. She returned to active duty in the 30th U-boat Flotilla on 1 May 1942, after having been transported overland and along the Danube to the Black Sea.