page_title: German submarine U-102 (1940)
hierarchical_section_title: German submarine U-102 (1940)
caption_attribution_description: English: U 52, a Type VIIB submarine. Unknown date.Deutsch: Unterseeboot U 52, ein Boot des Typs VII B
context_page_description: German submarine U-102 was a Type VIIB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
  The U-boat was laid down on 22 May 1939 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel as yard number 596, launched on 21 March 1940 and commissioned on 27 April under the command of Kapitänleutnant Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt to serve with the 7th U-boat Flotilla from 27 April 1940 to 1 June for crew training and operationally until she was sunk on 1 July. She sank two Allied ships, claiming 5,430 gross register tons.
context_section_description: German submarine U-102 was a Type VIIB submarine of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
  The U-boat was laid down on 22 May 1939 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard at Kiel as yard number 596, launched on 21 March 1940 and commissioned on 27 April under the command of Kapitänleutnant Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt to serve with the 7th U-boat Flotilla from 27 April 1940 to 1 June for crew training and operationally until she was sunk on 1 July. She sank two Allied ships, claiming 5,430 gross register tons (GRT).
caption: U-52, a typical Type VIIB boat
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