{"id":825,"date":"2021-05-30T21:36:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T21:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u-35.com\/dir\/www-u-35-com-synopsis\/"},"modified":"2021-05-30T19:27:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T23:27:10","slug":"u-35-synopsis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/u-35.com\/dir\/","title":{"rendered":"synopsis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\n www.U-35.com<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>“U-35 Hurra, Hurra, Hurra!”<\/b><\/p>\n


\n The Homepage for U-35, a Type VII U-Boat<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>… 1936 – 1939 …<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

SYNOPSIS<\/b>
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29 November 1939 marked the demise of U-Boat U-35<\/b>, <\/b>barely three years old.\u00a0 It had long been known as the “bad luck boat” of the Saltzwedel<\/b> flotilla due to several prewar accidents: rammed by a freighter in 1937; overrun and badly damaged in 1938 by the battleship ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE<\/b>; struck by an airplane in 1939. But it had a successful prewar career as well: the first U-Boat patrol (together with U-28<\/b>) into the Atlantic (under command of Hans-Rudolf R\u00f6sing<\/a> to Ponta Delgada<\/b> in the Azores<\/b>); several patrols to Spain<\/b>, Ceuta<\/b>, Gibraltar<\/b> and Morocco<\/b> (first under command of Hermann Michahelles<\/a>, then under Werner Lott<\/a>). Due to the accidental death of Michahelles<\/a>, the famous Otto Kretschmer<\/a> was given his first U-Boat command on U-35<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the war, U-35<\/b> was at first quite lucky. Most notable is the story of a single depth charge which almost left the U-Boat incapacitated on the sea bed at a depth of 115 meters. On 29 November 1939, its luck ran out. U-35<\/b> was spotted on the surface by the destroyer HMS ICARUS<\/b>, which had to feign a three-hour hunt because of its malfunctioning ASDIC<\/b>.\u00a0 The destroyers HMS KINGSTON<\/b> and HMS KASHMIR<\/b> were directed to to the hunt. Depth charges quickly forced U-35<\/b> to surface and scuttle.\u00a0 “Abandon Ship!<\/b>” was ordered by the commander, Kapit\u00e4nleutnant Werner Lott<\/a>. Several of the crew cheered “U-35 – Hurra, Hurra, Hurra!”<\/b> as the U-Boat slipped below the surface of the ice-cold North Sea for the last time. The entire crew was rescued.
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Eight weeks prior, U-35<\/b> had taken the 28-man crew of the Greek steamer DIAMANTIS<\/a> on board for more than 24 hours, landing them on the Irish coast. This violation of Irish neutrality resulted in international headlines, including the cover of LIFE Magazine<\/b>.
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U-35<\/b><\/span> was now on the receiving end of such chivalry, as the crew spent the next seven years as Prisoners-of-War<\/b>. First stop was the Tower of London<\/b>, where Lord Mountbatten<\/a>, who had commanded the destroyer flotilla, came to visit. The following years as POWs were marked by escape attempts, marriages by proxy, and even a prisoner exchange.
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After repatriation to Germany, three of the crew emigrated to Canada; another stayed in Scotland. The story of U-35<\/b> continued, with yearly reunions in Germany and correspondence with Lord Mountbatten<\/a> until his murder in 1979. In 1986, due to Norwegian oil exploration, the wreck of U-35<\/b> was discovered at a depth of 190 meters and filmed by a remotely-operated vehicle. In November 2001, two of the crew were again “interrogated” in the Tower of London<\/b> – this time for a documentary about the history of the Tower<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The book\u00a0<\/span> “U-35 – Hurra, Hurra, Hurra!”<\/b><\/span> \u00a0is in preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 1999-2017 Hans U. Mair, (relative of
\nU-35<\/b> Chief Engineer Gerhard Stamer<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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