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</script> </div> <div align="center"> <h3><a href="/boats/">List of all U-boats</a></h3><h1>U-30</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/viia.htm" class="header">VIIA</a></h3></td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Ordered</td><td class="seperator">1 Apr 1935</td><td><br/></td></tr> <tr><td>Laid down</td><td class="seperator">24 Jan 1936</td> <td class="seperator"><a href="/technical/shipyards/ag-weser.htm">AG Weser, Bremen</a> (werk 911)</td></tr> <tr><td>Launched</td><td class="seperator">4 Aug 1936</td><td><br/></td></tr> <tr><td>Commissioned</td><td class="seperator">8 Oct 1936</td><td class="seperator">Kptlt. Hans Cohausz</td></tr> <tr><td>Commanders</td> <td colspan="2" class="seperator"><table class="table-clean"><tr><td class="width85 right">8 Oct 1936</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">31 Oct 1938</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/commanders/173.html"> Hans Cohausz</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">15 Feb 1938</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">17 Aug 1938</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/commanders/911.html"> Hans Pauckstadt</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">Nov, 1938</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">Sep, 1940</td><td>  </td><td>Kptlt. <a href="/men/lemp.htm"> Fritz-Julius Lemp</a> (<a href="/men/decorations/8.html">Knights Cross</a>) </td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">Sep, 1940</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">31 Mar 1941</td><td>  </td><td>KrvKpt. <a href="/men/commanders/948.html"> Robert Pr眉tzmann</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">1 Apr 1941</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">Apr, 1941</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/744.html"> Paul-Karl Loeser</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">Apr, 1941</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">22 Apr 1941</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/951.html"> Hubertus Purkhold</a> (<a href="/men/decorations/5.html">German Cross in Gold</a>) </td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">23 Apr 1941</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">9 Mar 1942</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/24.html"> Kurt Baberg</a> (<a href="/men/decorations/5.html">German Cross in Gold</a>) </td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">10 Mar 1942</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">4 Oct 1942</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/49.html"> Hermann Bauer</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">5 Oct 1942</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">16 Dec 1942</td><td>  </td><td>Ltn. <a href="/men/commanders/1041.html"> Franz Saar</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">May, 1943</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">1 Dec 1943</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/286.html"> Ernst Fischer</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">2 Dec 1943</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">14 Dec 1944</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/266.html"> Ludwig Fabricius</a></td></tr><tr><td class="width85 right">17 Jan 1945</td><td> - </td><td class="width90 right">23 Jan 1945</td><td>  </td><td>Oblt. <a href="/men/commanders/1084.html"> G眉nther Schimmel</a></td></tr></table></td></tr> <tr><td>Career<br><a href="/boats/patrols/u30.html">8 patrols</a></td><td colspan="2" class="seperator"><table class="table-clean"><tr><td class="right">8 Oct 1936</td><td>-</td><td class="right">31 Aug 1939</td><td>  <a href="/flotillas/2flo.htm">2. Flottille</a> (active service)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 Sep 1939</td><td>-</td><td class="right">31 Dec 1939</td><td>  <a href="/flotillas/2flo.htm">2. Flottille</a> (active service)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 Jan 1940</td><td>-</td><td class="right">30 Nov 1940</td><td>  <a href="/flotillas/2flo.htm">2. Flottille</a> (active service)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 Dec 1940</td><td>-</td><td class="right">30 Nov 1943</td><td>  <a href="/flotillas/24flo.htm">24. Flottille</a> (training)<br></td></tr><tr><td class="right">1 Dec 1943</td><td>-</td><td class="right">23 Jan 1945</td><td>  <a href="/flotillas/22flo.htm">22. Flottille</a> (school boat)<br></td></tr></table></td></tr> <tr><td>Successes</td><td colspan="2" class="seperator">16 ships sunk, total tonnage 86,165 GRT<br/>1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 325 GRT<br/>1 ship damaged, total tonnage 5,642 GRT<br/>1 warship damaged, total tonnage 31,100 tons</td></tr> <tr><td class="width100">Fate</td> <td colspan="2" class="width400 seperator"> <p>Decommissioned on 23 January 1945 and used as instructional boat. <p><a href="/fates/scuttled.htm">Scuttled</a> on 5 May 1945 in Kupferm眉hlen Bay near Flensburg. Wreck broken up in 1948. </p> </td></tr> <tr><td>Final location</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([55.49, 9.26], 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([54.82, 9.43], {icon: iconFate}).addTo(mymap).bindPopup('<strong>U-30</strong>. Decommissioned on 23 January 1945 and used as instructional boat. <p><a href=\"/fates/scuttled.htm\">Scuttled</a> on 5 May 1945 in Kupferm眉hlen Bay near Flensburg. Wreck broken up in 1948.'); </script> </td> </tr> </table>  <p class="np"><a href="/boats/successes/u30.html">See the 19 ships hit by U-30</a> - <a href="/boats/patrols/u30.html">View the 8 war patrols</a><br></p> </div> <h3>Wolfpack operations</h3> <p>U-30 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career: <br>   <a href="/ops/wolfpacks/1.html">Prien</a> (15 Jun 1940 - 17 Jun 1940) </p> <h3>Attacks on this boat and other events</h3> <div class="content_box"> <p><strong>14 Sep 1939</strong><br/>After stopping the British freighter <a href="/allies/merchants/ships/20.html">Fanad Head</a>, the boat was attacked by three British Blackburn Skua aircraft (803 Sqn FAA) from <a href="/allies/warships/ship/3257.html">HMS Ark Royal</a>, two of which were destroyed by the explosions of their own bombs. Three U-boat crew were wounded by shrapnel and two British airmen captured.</p> <p><strong>14 Sep 1939</strong><br/>After sinking the British freighter <a href="/allies/merchants/ships/20.html">Fanad Head</a>, the boat was bombed by six <a href="/allies/aircraft/swordfish.htm">Swordfish</a> (810 and 821 Sqn FAA) from <a href="/allies/warships/ship/3257.html">HMS Ark Royal</a> and depth charged by <a href="/allies/warships/ship/4196.html">HMS Bedouin</a> and <a href="/allies/warships/ship/4433.html">HMS Punjabi</a> for four hours before managing to escape.</p> <p>2 recorded attacks on this boat.</p> </div> <h3>General notes on this boat</h3><p><strong>3 Sep 1939</strong>. This boat sank the first ship in the war when she sank the 13,581 ton passenger ship <b>Athenia</b> by mistake (taking her to be an Armed Merchant Cruiser, AMC).</p><p><strong>19 Sep 1939</strong>. <a href="/boats/u30.htm">U-30</a> stops by Reykjav铆k, Iceland to drop off an injured sailor (Adolph Schmidt) from the attack on 14 Sep. The boat arrived at 0900 and left shortly after 1200 local time, heading back to Germany.</p><p><strong>7 Jul 1940</strong>. This boat was the first U-boat to make use of the newly captured <a href=/flotillas/bases/france.htm>French bases</a> when she arrived at <a href="/flotillas/bases/lorient.htm">Lorient</a> on 7 July 1940. </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-30 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.</p> <h3>U-boat Emblems</h3> <p>We have 3 <strong>emblem</strong> entries for this boat. See the emblem page <a href="/special/emblems/u30.html">for this boat</a> or view emblems individually below.</p> <table><tr> <td class="width95"><a href="/special/emblems/emblem40.html"><img src="/media/boats/emblems/flo24b.gif" class="width80" alt="" /><br>V</a></td> <td class="width95"><a href="/special/emblems/emblem187.html"><img src="/media/boats/emblems/u30.gif" class="width80" alt="" /><br>Small dog in a Circle</a></td> <td class="width95"><a href="/special/emblems/emblem188.html"><img src="/media/boats/emblems/u30b.gif" class="width80" alt="" /><br>Severed Hand Bleeding</a></td> </tr></table><br> <div align="center"> <h3>Media links</h3> <table> <tr> <td class="width140"><p><a href="/books/item/2388"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/184832118X.jpg" alt="" /> <br>U-Boat Attack Logs</a><br>Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor</p><div class="left"><br> <img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag-uk_s.gif" alt="" /> <a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=184832118X&path=/boats/u30.htm">amazon.co.uk</a> <br>(拢 38.25)</div></td> <td class="width140"><p><a href="/books/item/2399"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/1856359344.jpg" alt="" /> <br>Neutral Shores</a><br>Mark McShane</p><div class="left"><br> <img src="/media/images/flags/small/flag-uk_s.gif" alt="" /> <a href="/about/scripts/amazon_co_uk.php?book=1856359344&path=/boats/u30.htm">amazon.co.uk</a> <br>(拢 16.99)</div></td> <td class="width140"><p><a href="/books/item/29"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/uboat_adventures.gif" alt="" /> <br>U-Boat Adventures</a><br>Wiggins, Melanie</p></td> <td class="width140"><p><a href="/books/item/2200"><img src="/media/books/covers/english/fatal_decisions.jpg" alt="" /> <br>Fatal Decisions</a><br>Blandford, Edmund</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/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/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-30 in World War One</strong><br>That boat was launched from its shipyard on 15 Nov 1913 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 26 Aug 1914. 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