Unterseeboot 28 (1936)
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The second Unterseeboot 28 (U-28) was a Type VIIA submarine of the Kriegsmarine.
Her keel was laid down December 2, 1935, by AG Weser of Bremen. She was launched on July 14, 1936, and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on September 12, 1936, with Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Ambrosius in command. Ambrosius was succeeded by nine other commanding officers over the next eight years.
U-28 conducted six patrols, sinking 13 ships totalling 56,272 tons and damaging two others totalling 10,067 tons.
U-28 sank by accident on March 17, 1944, at the U-boat pier in Neustadt, The boat was raised in March 1944 but was stricken on August 4, 1944. The submarine's crew suffered no casualties during her career.
See Also: List of U-boats