A month's refit and leave, and it was time to sail again. Evidently during the process of launching boats, Freden turned the stern towards U-352 so as to present a smaller target. Go to: Forum List Message List New Topic Search Log In Print View Re: U-852`s wreck Image courtesy of the U.S. History and Heritage Command. This year, Scuba Diver Life and NOAA are partnering to profile 12 different ships in the Graveyard of the Atlantic. During this time, Roper believed it had another sonar contact and not wanting to take any chances of another possible U-boat, Roper rode right through the mass of sailors in the water and dropped an additional 11 depth charges. [4] After being left unable to dive due to damage from aerial depth charges, she headed for the coast of Somalia. However, to do this successfully the submarine would have to maintain a high-level of secrecy throughout her journey from Europe. The gap between the two vessels closed, and a surface engagement ensued. The U-352 was a German submarine that was used during the notorious U-boat attacks in WWII along the NC Coast. Greger sunk the ship and then proceeded directly to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Eck was to be the only U-boat commander found guilty of war crimes and executed after he ordered the machine gunning of survivors from the Greek ship Peleus. The story of the incident really began on a summer day of March 13, 1944. Kptlt. Significance: U-352 is significant to American military history, maritime history and historic archaeology as it was the first U-boat sunk by the United States Coast Guard off the American East Coast during World War II's Battle of the Atlantic. However, the wreck site is likely the U-boat most frequently dived by recreational divers. In fact, he was still in Rhode Island Sound when the U.S. frigate Moberly (PF-63) and destroyer escorts Amick (DE168) and Atherton (DE-168) commenced the hunt for the submarine 90 minutes after the Black Point sank. This month, well visit Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. The forward torpedo loading hatch, battery hatch, and forward personnel hatch are all clearly visible, as is the conning tower, the aft gun mount, and several of the submarines compressed air flasks. SAS imagery of the Black Point showing that the hull, including the bow, of the ship is largely intact and rests upside down on the seafloor. The submarine was equipped with four torpedo tubes in the bow and two in the stern. Nine crew members were lost. Today, the submarine lies on the ocean floor almost within sight of the former Newport Torpedo Station which helped develop and test the underwater technology used to destroy it. They then returned to the site and collected 33 survivors, one of which died aboard the Icarus shortly thereafter. The boat had a complement of fifty-five.[3]. He had lived to tell the story which had led to the indictment of the four U-boat officers and a seaman. As it turned out, not all the survivors were killed. In early 1944, the Kriegsmarine dispatched U-852 on a top-secret mission to disrupt the Allies' Far East war effort by attacking sea lanes in the Indian Ocean. Click above to view a dive slate for U-85. Website owner: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries | National Ocean Service | NOAA | Department of Commerce. National marine sanctuaries protect some of the most spectacular ocean and Great Lakes resources in the United States, including shipwrecks like the Dixie Arrow. Website owner: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries | National Ocean Service | NOAA | Department of Commerce. There are tidbits of useful info for us in locating the wreck, such as the sand, the ladder to climb the cliffs, the destruction of large bow and stern sections and the (hopefully exaggerated) 200m to the shore line (100m measured on google maps for . There are 3 type XXI boats buried in the Elbe II bunker in Hamburg. On May 5 (or possibly the early morning of May 6), all 55 submariners aboard U-853 were entombed in their . Mohr, age 26, was killed when U-124was sunk with all hands on 2 April 1943 west of Oporto, Portugal. The outer hull is gone at the bow, exposing the pressure hull and the four forward torpedo tubes. They were convicted at a British military tribunal in Hamburg, (held concurrently during the Nuremberg Trials) for killing the survivors of the torpedoed Greek steamer Peleus in 1944. The crew was interned and sent to POW camps, after which they were charged when the war ended. Two other officers of U-852, the 2WO and the doctor were also indicted and shot. One survivor managed to escape and was eventually rescued by allied ships. This commission helps us to maintain and improve the forum for the benefit of our users. Synthetic Aperture Sonar imagery of the German U-853, showing that the submarine is largely intact. The boat attempted to run south on the surface and fired its stern torpedo at Roper when the range closed to 700 yards (640m). Some of the bodies were wearing civilian clothes, carrying wallets with United States currency and identification cards. You can clearly see the shell damage behind the conning tower caused by USSRopers 3-inch gun. 1361 et seq.) On April 10, while off the New Jersey coast, U- 85 found its first target, Swedish freighter Christina Knudsen. Throughout the entire Second World War, the Kriegsmarine had only one U-boat commander convicted of war crimes. [1] She had a total length of 66.50m (218ft 2in), a pressure hull length of 48.80m (160ft 1in), a beam of 6.20m (20ft 4in), a height of 9.50m (31ft 2in), and a draught of 4.74m (15ft 7in). Abrams, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: U-352, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: the Tamaulipas, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: U-701, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: W.E. [4] After being left unable to dive due to damage from aerial depth charges, she headed for the coast of Somalia. Fearing that the survivors of his torpedo attack would be rescued and give away his presence, Eck ordered for all the survivors to be machine gunned. During the journey, Eck torpedoed and sank the Greek tramp steamer, SS Peleus . By then, there were no survivors among the 29 bodies floating in life jackets. Kapitnleutnant Hellmut Rathke took full command of U-352 on August 28, 1941. Despite having missed, the crew aboard the Freden believed they would be hit and decided to abandon the ship. They did this while the rest of the crew remained below decks. The wreck of U-852 on the beach of Somaliland HMS Fishguard Crew - Boarded and spent nearly a month salvaging equipment and torpedoes from U-852 after British aircraft fatally damaged her as she beached near Ras Mabber, Somaliland off the Somali coast on 3 May 1944,. However, the British tribunal rejected his plea of operational necessity and sentenced him to death. The crew was captured and later tried for war crimes. The drumbeat of the U-boats had grown louder through February and March. The visibility and water temperature vary widely depending on the dynamic, shifting currents. On 30 April 1944, U-852 was spotted in the Indian Ocean by a Vickers Wellington bomber flying from Aden. Sie wurden am nchsten Tag von den Briten aufgenommen. After taking on fuel and fresh provisions, Greger was ready to take U-85 on a second war patrol, but this one too was a very frustrating and disappointing patrol. Image showing the location of the main wreckage of the Black Point relative to a smaller section of the ship's stern, approximately 1,800 feet south. U-85 was the first U-boat loss of "Operation Drumbeat" (Paukenschlag), the offensive off the eastern seaboard of the United States in 1942. On April 10, while off the New Jersey coast, U-85 found its first target, Swedish freighter Christina Knudsen. It was laid down in Bremen and completed in June 1943. Together, these vessels represent the long battle for naval supremacy during World War II and the attempts by the Allies and the Third Reich to protect and/or disrupt their enemys Atlantic commerce and supply lines. Amid the sinking wreckage were the survivors jammed packed in lifeboats and rafts. Rathke mistook this for the vessel running off full-speed and gave up chasing Freden. After having spent 43 days in the North Atlantic and being occasionally depth charged by planes, the U-85 found little and attacked nothing. Either way, as the Black Point came into range off Point Judith, Rhode Island, at 5:40 pm on May 5, Frmsdorf fired a torpedo that upon impact blew away about 40 feet of the merchant ships stern. High-resolution mapping of the site shows the vessel lying keel up on the ocean floor with the bow pointing to the northeast. Image courtesy of Kraken Robotics. As the gap between the vessels closed, it became a surface engagement. U-852 was proceeding to the Indian Ocean to join the Monsun wolfpack when its commander committed an act that made it infamous. As the crew of U-352 prepared to scuttle, several began emerging from the conning tower preparing to jump overboard. Rouse, Parke, Jr., "Under the Cloak of Night", U.S. National Register of Historic Places, "2008 Battle of the Atlantic Survey Methodology", "Home Found for "Enigmatic" WW II U-boat Relic", U-85 Memorial Page with Crew members' birth dates and places, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-85_(1941)&oldid=1119483562, World War II Shipwrecks along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico MPS, 2,8003,200PS (2,1002,400kW; 2,8003,200bhp) (diesels), 90nmi (170km; 100mi) at 4 knots (7.4km/h; 4.6mph) submerged, Schlagetot (20 October 1 November 1941), This page was last edited on 1 November 2022, at 20:56. Eck, despite his mission, decided to attack the ship. She was commanded by Kapitnleutnant Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, who led her through her sea trials and onto her first war patrol on 18January 1944. The depth charge damage was so great that he had no other alternative but to abort the mission and return to port in St. Nazaire, France. JavaScript is disabled. U-85 departed Trondheim in Norway on 28 August 1941 for her first patrol. Short video about the wreck of the German U-boat, U-85 sunk off North Carolina during World War Two. This month well visit the E. M. Clark. [1] When submerged, the boat could operate for 90 nautical miles (170km; 100mi) at 4 knots (7.4km/h; 4.6mph); when surfaced, she could travel 8,700 nautical miles (16,100km; 10,000mi) at 10 knots (19km/h; 12mph). With all the survivors dead, the U-852 sailed away. Between their arrival in US territorial waters on December 27, 1941, and February 6th, 1942, the drumbeaters sank 25 ships. Group Schlei was to return to France and begin preparing for deployment to U.S. waters. This month we visit the U-85. Greger's first war patrol as Captain began on August 28, 1941, and he was dispatched to patrol for convoys southwest of Iceland. After stalking her until nightfall, the steamer was sunk with two torpedoes. The following day, Rathke came across Freden again. The vessels were joint players in one of the final acts of the Battle of the North Atlantic during World War II. Greger sunk the ship and then proceeded directly to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Just off coastal North Carolina, the remnants of many of these ships are scattered on the ocean floor. [11] The wreck site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. Nearby vessels and shore stations witnessed the attack and raised the alarm. [1], The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 17.9 knots (33.2km/h; 20.6mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 8 knots (15km/h; 9.2mph). She sank 38 ships totaling 217,751 tons, including 14. The pressure hull is ruptured and accessible at multiple points. The first divers to visit the wreck were deployed from the USS Penguin (ASR-12) in the hours immediately after the submarine sank. Many thanks in advance and best regards. At the beginning of May 1945, the Black Point departed Newport News, Virginia, for Weymouth, Massachusetts, with her cargo holds full of coal. [5] The British also discovered the Fa 330 Bachstelze rotor kite, a towed one-man aerial observation platform.[1]. U-352 was part of Group Schlei and was ordered, along with twelve other U-boats, to converge on an area West of Rockall and to begin looking for convoys. The history behind this site has been televised and featured on the History Channel and is one of North Carolina's best-known dive sites. 59 Besatzungsmitglieder, darunter der Kommandant, konnten sich an den Strand retten. The wreck site of U- 85 now rests in about 110 feet (34 m) of water 14 miles (23 km) east of Oregon Inlet along the Outer Banks. Eck and two of his crew were tried and executed after the . Firing two torpedoes, U-85 sank the Swedish freighter Christina Knudsen, and then proceeded directly for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The visibility and water temperature vary greatly depending upon the dynamic, shifting currents. Eck was to be the only U-boat commander found guilty of war crimes and executed after he ordered the machine gunning of survivors from the . An investigation into a Swedish-Estonian ferry that sank into the Baltic Sea 27 years ago turned up no new evidence that would contradict the official investigation report, the Associated Press. Image courtesy of Kraken Robotics. direct the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographical . One of the most controversial incidents of the war, she was also the first ship to be sunk in the war. The Black Point likewise serves as a war grave. Beginning on May 5, far out to sea off Cape Hatteras, N.C., U-352 began a game of cat-and-mouse with the Swedish merchant vessel SS Freden. He sent out five depth charges from the Y-gun, which damaged U-352 so badly they decided to play dead and lay still on the bottom, hoping to go unnoticed. According to the Navy report, 13 men died aboard the U-352. For divers making the journey to Morehead City, it stands near the top of the list. [4] More recent investigation by sport divers has raised questions about Navy reports on the wreck.[7]. Of the U-boats off North Carolina's coast, U-352 had the least eventful operational career. Heinz-Wilhelm Eck was born in Hamburg on March 27 1916, and was raised in Berlin. On 13 March while crossing the latitude of Freetown in the Atlantic Ocean, the U-boat spotted the lone Greek steamer Peleus. A well-aimed 3-inch shell breached the pressure hull just aft of the conning tower. The prosecutor was Colonel Halse of the Advocate General's Office.The presiding judge was Major A. Melford Stevenson. Her new owners renamed the ship the Black Point. This site was discovered in 1974 by Olympus owner and Captain, George Purifoy, and several friends. This month well visit the HMT Bedfordshire. The deployment of the depth charges killed the entire U-85 crew. Their suspicions were confirmed when the crew witnessed the track of a torpedo narrowly missing them. Disclaimer California 94041. The story of the incident really began on a summer day of March 13, 1944. Earlier that day the four-stack destroyer USS Roper set out from Norfolk on its way to Cape Hatteras for antisubmarine patrol. However, before reaching land the U-boat came under attack from six RAF bombers from 621 Squadron. The most evil women in history, Ilse Koch. Sitting in very shallow water and knowing they were being tracked, the crew of U-85 decided to try to escape on the surface, hoping that their increased speed would get the U-boat into deeper water before Roper could attack. [3] When submerged, the boat could operate for 121 nautical miles (224km; 139mi) at 2 knots (3.7km/h; 2.3mph); when surfaced, she could travel 12,750 nautical miles (23,610km; 14,670mi) at 10 knots (19km/h; 12mph). U-85 took a patrol station between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and had no luck until January 21 when Greger fired four torpedoes at what was judged to be a 10,000 ton steamer. Privacy Policy She had two shafts and two 1.23m (4ft) propellers. Roper not only had the advantage of more surface artillery but were also able to reach their guns sooner. The prosecutor was Colonel Halse of the Advocate Generals Office.The presiding judge was Major A. Melford Stevenson. [5] The bodies were fingerprinted, photographed and buried in a night-time military ceremony at the Hampton National Cemetery. On the morning of May 7, they happened to drift by the completely untouched Freden, reboarded and continued their journey. This month we visit the F.W. The hearing was known as the Peleus Trial. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1944, "Heinz-Wilhelm Eck: Siegerjustiz and the Peleus Affair", "Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 19411942", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_submarine_U-852&oldid=1147548307, World War II shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean, Military history of British Somaliland during World War II, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 20.8 knots (38.5km/h; 23.9mph) surfaced, 57nmi (106km; 66mi) at 4 knots (7.4km/h; 4.6mph) submerged, This page was last edited on 31 March 2023, at 17:36. They both received a reduced sentence of prison terms. Standing atop the bridge of the U-boat, the crew of the U-852 meticulously hunted and machine gunned the survivors. Bigbird; Jun 7, 2008; Shown here is the wreck of the Type IXD 2 submarine U-852 off the coast of British Somaliland (Somalia) in May 1944 after being scuttled by her skipper Kapitanleutnant Heinz Eck. The U-853 participated in three patrols during the war. On April 13, 1942, U- 85 was sitting in shallow water off Bodie Island lighthouse waiting for targets. The U-85 is a very rare Type VIIB U-boat, one of only 24 built, and was the only Type VIIB U-boat lost off the U.S. East Coast during the war. A British boarding party examined the wrecked U-boat and retrieved Eck's Kriegstagebuch ("War Diary"), which proved crucial in constructing the Allied case against him and his men. Divers approaching the U-352's conning tower. U-852 was enroute to the Indian Ocean to join the Monsoon wolfpack operating there. Those charged were Heinz Eck, August Hoffmann, Walter Weisspfennig, Hans Richard Lenz and Wolfgang Schwender. The crew was interned and sent to POW camps, after which they were charged when the war ended. They spent several weeks at sea, which were largely uneventful. They both received a reduced sentence of prison terms. Eight of the twelve boats were redirected to the Faroes Islands in Iceland and Scotland. The U-boat Memorial at Mltenort. This year, Scuba Diver Life and NOAA are partnering to profile 12 different ships in the Graveyard of the Atlantic. The recent high-resolution mapping of the U-853 using Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) on Kraken Robotics' KATFISH system confirms the submarine is largely intact and orientated in a northwest-southeast direction. U-852 Update. Command of the U-85 was given to Oberleutnent zur See Eberhard Greger. On that day, Donitz issued a radio communique instructing all U-boats to cease attacks on Allied shipping and return to Germany. A mysterious lost WWII submarine, German U-boat U-455 is discovered off the coast of Italy at 120 meters deep. German submarine U-85 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. This year, Scuba Diver Life and NOAA are partnering to profile 12 different ships in the Graveyard of the Atlantic. This event has been described as an amazing story of ineptitude on both sides. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . She was laid down at the Flender Werke in Lbeck on 18 December 1939 as yard number 281. He joined the Kriegsmarine in April 1943 as part of Crew 34. [2], Having left St. Nazaire on 21 March 1942, U-85 sank the Norwegian freighter Christen Knudsen off the coast of New Jersey on 10 April.[3]. The site rests in approximately 90 feet of water about 14 miles east of Oregon Inlet. Additionally, the Leading Engineer and a seaman were complicated in the incident. Contact Us [3] The U-boat had a total length of 87.58m (287ft 4in), a pressure hull length of 68.50m (224ft 9in), a beam of 7.50m (24ft 7in), a height of 10.20m (33ft 6in), and a draught of 5.35m (17ft 7in). Both of which were part of the 6th U-boat Flotilla.During her short time in the war, she sank no . Lieutenant Commander Maurice Jester aboard Icarus reacted appropriately. KL Heinz Wilhelm Eck of U-852 was indicted and sentenced to death by firing squad at the Nuremberg Tribunal on November 30 1945. She had two shafts and two 1.85m (6ft) propellers. The Enigma machine was recovered from the wreck by private divers (Jim Bunch, Roger & Rich Hunting)[12] and in 2003 the German government agreed to allow the machine to be displayed at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, in Hatteras, North Carolina. The U-852 was itself sunk on May 3 1944 by British aircraft off the coast of Somalia. Setting sail from St. Nazaire, France, on March 21, 1942, U-85 was making its third and final journey. Thank you for your support! The dramatic end to U-852. On February 8, U-85 along with U-654 found and attacked the Southwest bound Convoy ONS 61. He was keeping with the common practice of navigating in a zig-zag pattern at the time of the submarine attack. On 30 April 1944, U-852 was spotted in the Indian Ocean by a Vickers Wellington bomber flying from Aden. This was part of a NOVA/National Geographic documentary . Throughout the entire Second World War, the Kriegsmarine had only one U-boat commander convicted of war crimes. Diving U-85is the closest that many of us will come to experiencing what it was like during a World War II naval battle, says NOAA archaeologist Tane Casserley. U-85 was operating within visual distance of Bodie Island Light at midnight on 13 April 1942 when the US destroyer USS Roper detected the submarine on British Type 286 radar at a range of 2,700 yards (2,500 m). This site is visited on a Full Day Dive Trip. Was. This very interesting page explains the controversial order of 1 May, 1943 to stay up and fight the aircraft attacking the U-boats. This time the U-852 left rather than attack the survivors. [3], The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 20.8 knots (38.5km/h; 23.9mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 6.9 knots (12.8km/h; 7.9mph). The hatch of U-85 is on display in the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum; the submarine herself still serves as an attraction for divers. Sea life at the site of U-352 is prolific and typical of a sub-tropical marine ecosystem. The expansion would also establish the largest area designated as a World War II battlefield anywhere in the world. Download image (jpg, 9.0 MB). Meanwhile, Freden was not sinking and Freden's captain ordered everyone back aboard to resume getting underway. To learn more about the proposal, click here. However, once again, the crew on Freden panicked and took to the lifeboats. They dived the wreck to a depth of approximately 12,500 feet (3,800 m) in the MIR submersible from the Russian research ship Akademik Mstislav Keldysh. At 1800 on March 21, 1942, with a brass band on the pier, with a blooded crew, a confident captain and a well-tried ship, U-85 set out once more for Amerika. Roper evaded the torpedo and U-85 turned sharply to starboard when the range closed to 300 yards (270m). There were only three survivors from the 35-man Peleus. By May 5, 1945, Adolph Hitler had committed suicide in his bunker in Berlin and Grand Admiral Karl Donitz was helping negotiate the terms of the Nazi surrender. Rod Mather, University of Rhode Island Applied History Lab. On the following day, Greger found a ship sailing alone, British freighter Empire Fusilier, which he fired upon and successfully sank. Gross Tonnage: 761/865 tons (surfaced/submerged) Cargo: N/A, Built: 1940, Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holsein, Germany, Hull Number: 471 Port of Registry: Germany, Sunk By: USCGC Icarus Survivors: 33 of 48 survived (15 dead). The Freden crew drifted in their lifeboats all night. It may not display this or other websites correctly. During this time, Roper believed it had another sonar contact, which was likely the U-85 as it sank. [6] U-85 lies in less than 100ft (30m) of water; the United States Navy briefly attempted to salvage her. After completing his training in 1937 he spent five years on minesweepers, commanding one from 1939. As the German sailors attempted to exit the conning tower to man their guns, they came under heavy fire from Ropers crew. The U-352 was a German submarine that was used during the notorious U-boat attacks in WWII along the NC Coast. The survivors of U-352 were later interrogated and remained in various prisoner of war camps for the duration of the war, often intermingling with survivors from U-701. British forces captured her crew. Standing atop the bridge of the U-boat, the crew of the U-852 meticulously hunted and machine gunned the survivors. She was sunk in April 1942 by the US destroyer Roper. Sir Douglas Bader, the RAF fighter pilot without legs. Following repairs, U-85 transferred from St. Nazaire to Lorient on October 11. Ropers crew manned their machine guns and 3-inch deck guns. Gross Tonnage: 753/857 tons (surfaced/submerged) Cargo: N/A, Built: 1939, Flender Werke AG, Lbeck, Schlewsig-Holstein, Germany, Hull Number: 281 Port of Registry: Germany, Sunk By: USS Roper Survivors: 0 of 46 (46 dead), Data Collected on Site: Still and video photography; photomosaics; site plan; high resolution multibeam; photogrammetric model; listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Please email, Exploring Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA Marine Sanctuary Shipwrecks: the Dixie Arrow, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Shipwrecks: The USS Monitor, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: the Ashkhabad, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: The Caribsea, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: E.M. Clark, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: HMT Bedfordshire, Preserving Americas Underwater Battlefield: F.W. Nachdem man erkannt hatte, dass U 852 mit Bordmitteln nicht zu reparieren war, befahl Eck, das Boot aufzugeben und zu zerstren. 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