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</script> </div> <div align="center"> <h3><a href="/boats/">List of all U-boats</a></h3><h1>U-10</h1> </div> <div align="center"> <table class="table_subtle width650"><tr> <td class="width100"><h3>Type</h3></td><td class="width95" align="center" class="seperator"><h3><a href="/types/iib.htm" class="header">IIB</a></h3></td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Ordered</td><td class="seperator">20 Jul 1934</td><td><br/></td></tr> <tr><td>Laid down</td><td class="seperator">22 Apr 1935</td> <td class="seperator"><a href="/technical/shipyards/germania.htm">F. Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel</a> (werk 544)</td></tr> <tr><td>Launched</td><td class="seperator">13 Aug 1935</td><td><br/></td></tr> <tr><td>Commissioned</td><td class="seperator">9 Sep 1935</td><td class="seperator">Oblt. Heinz Scheringer</td></tr> <tr><td>Commanders</td> <td colspan="2" class="seperator"><table class="table-clean"><tr><td class="width85 right">11 Sep 1935</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">21 Dec 1935</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/1078.html"> Heinz Scheringer</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">21 Dec 1935</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">1 May 1936</td><td>  </td><td>KrvKpt. <a href="/men/commanders/1071.html"> Werner Emil Hermann Scheer</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">1 May 1936</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">29 Sep 1937</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/commanders/64.html"> Heinz Beduhn</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">30 Sep 1937</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">3 Apr 1938</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/commanders/1327.html"> Hannes Weingaertner</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">Oct, 1937</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">Aug, 1938</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/roesing.htm"> Hans Rudolf R枚sing</a> (<a href="/men/decorations/8.html">Knights Cross</a>) </td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">4 Apr 1938</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">31 Jul 1938</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/commanders/1202.html"> Herbert Sohler</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">1 Aug 1938</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">4 Jan 1939</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/372.html"> Kurt von Gossler</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">5 Jan 1939</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">15 Oct 1939</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/schulz.htm"> Georg-Wilhelm Schulz</a> (<a href="/men/decorations/8.html">Knights Cross</a>) </td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">10 Oct 1939</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">2 Jan 1940</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/753.html"> G眉nther Lorentz</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">Jan, 1940</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">9 Jun 1940</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/946.html"> Joachim Preuss</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">10 Jun 1940</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">29 Nov 1940</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/muetzelburg.htm"> Rolf M眉tzelburg</a> (<a href="/men/decorations/8.html">Knights Cross</a>) </td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">30 Nov 1940</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">9 Jun 1941</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/commanders/959.html"> Wolf-R眉diger von Rabenau</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">10 Jun 1941</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">29 Nov 1941</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/1040.html"> Kurt Ruwiedel</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">30 Nov 1941</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">22 Jun 1942</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/582.html"> Hans Karpf</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">23 Jun 1942</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">Feb, 1943</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/172.html"> Christian-Brandt Coester</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">Feb, 1943</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">Feb, 1944</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/1248.html"> Wolfgang Strenger</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">Feb, 1944</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">1 Jul 1944</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/7.html"> Kurt Ahlers</a></td></tr></table></td></tr> <tr><td>Career<br><a href="/boats/patrols/u10.html">5 patrols</a></td><td colspan="2" class="seperator"><table class="table-clean"><tr><td class="right">11 Sep 1935</td><td>-</td><td class="right">26 Sep 1935</td><td>  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">27 Sep 1935</td><td>-</td><td class="right">3 Oct 1937</td><td>  <a href="/flotillas/1flo.htm">1. Flottille</a> (active service)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">4 Oct 1937</td><td>-</td><td class="right">14 Apr 1939</td><td>  <a href="/flotillas/3flo.htm">3. Flottille</a> (active service)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">15 Apr 1939</td><td>-</td><td class="right">30 Jun 1940</td><td>  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 Sep 1939</td><td>-</td><td class="right">1 Oct 1939</td><td>  U-Bootschulflottille (active service)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 Oct 1939</td><td>-</td><td class="right">1 Dec 1939</td><td>  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 Jan 1940</td><td>-</td><td class="right">1 Apr 1940</td><td>  U-Bootschulflottille (active service)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 May 1940</td><td>-</td><td class="right">30 Jun 1940</td><td>  U-Bootschulflottille (school boat)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 Jul 1940</td><td>-</td><td class="right">1 Aug 1944</td><td>  <a href="/flotillas/21flo.htm">21. Flottille</a> (school boat)<br></td></tr></table></td></tr> <tr><td>Successes</td><td colspan="2" class="seperator">2 ships sunk, total tonnage 6,356 GRT</td></tr> <tr><td class="width100">Fate</td> <td colspan="2" class="width400 seperator"> <p>Decommissioned 1 August 1944 in Gotenhafen (today Gdynia, Poland) and cannibalized for spare parts. In early 1945 hulk was towed west to Stolpm眉nde (today Utska, Poland) and captured by Soviet forces on 9 March 1945. <p>Scuttled in late 1945 in Stolpm眉nde harbor by Russians after being inspected by the Tripartite Naval Commission (TNC) on 28 August 1945. Raised by the Polish harbor authority in 1950 and broken up in 1951. </p> </td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan="3"> <style media="screen" type="text/css"> #mapFate {width:510px; height: 270px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;} </style> <div id="mapFate" align="center"></div> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> var mymap = L.map('mapFate').setView([55.32, 18.32], 4) L.tileLayer('/map-tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', { attribution: 'map 漏 OpenStreetMap contributors | ship info by uboat.net', maxZoom: 10, }).addTo(mymap); var iconFate = L.icon({ iconUrl: '/media/maps/googlemarkers/orange_Marker.png', iconSize: [20, 34], iconAnchor: [10, 34], }); var marker = L.marker([54.53, 18.53], {icon: iconFate}).addTo(mymap).bindPopup('<strong>U-10</strong>. Decommissioned 1 August 1944 in Gotenhafen (today Gdynia, Poland) and cannibalized for spare parts. In early 1945 hulk was towed west to Stolpm眉nde (today Utska, Poland) and captured by Soviet forces on 9 March 1945.<p>Scuttled in late 1945 in Stolpm眉nde harbor by Russians after being inspected by the Tripartite Naval Commission (TNC) on 28 August 1945. Raised by the Polish harbor authority in 1950 and broken up in 1951.'); </script> </td> </tr> </table>  <p class="np"><a href="/boats/successes/u10.html">See the 2 ships hit by U-10</a> - <a href="/boats/patrols/u10.html">View the 5 war patrols</a><br></p> </div> </p> <h3>Men lost from U-boats</h3> <p>Unlike <a href="/men/men_lost.htm">many other U-boats</a>, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-10 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.</p> <h3>U-boat Emblems</h3> <p>We have 2 <strong>emblem</strong> entries for this boat. See the emblem page <a href="/special/emblems/u10.html">for this boat</a> or view emblems individually below.</p> <table><tr> <td class="width95"><a href="/special/emblems/emblem162.html"><img src="/media/boats/emblems/emblem_missing.gif" class="width80" alt="" /><br>Pig with Umbrella</a></td> <td class="width95"><a href="/special/emblems/emblem163.html"><img src="/media/boats/emblems/emblem_missing.gif" class="width80" alt="" /><br>Bull</a></td> </tr></table><br> <div align="center"> <h3>Media links</h3> <table> <tr> <td class="width140"><p><a href="/books/item/525"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/german_u-boat_losses.jpg" alt="" /> <br>German U-Boat Losses During World War II</a><br>Niestle, Axel</p></td> <td class="width140"><p><a href="/books/item/267"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/u-boat_operations2.jpg" alt="" /> <br>U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1</a><br>Wynn, Kenneth</p></td> <td class="width140"><p><a href="/books/item/537"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/hitlers_uboat_war.jpg" alt="" /> <br>Hitler's U-boat War</a><br>Blair, Clay</p></td></tr> </table> </div> <p><strong>There was another U-10 in World War One</strong><br>That boat was launched from its shipyard on 24 Jan 1911 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 31 Aug 1911. The <a href="/history/wwi/">Naval war in WWI</a> was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. 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