U 1060
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| Type : | VII F |
| Field Post Number : | M-52184 |
| Shipyard: | F. Krupp Germania shipyard , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | August 25, 1941 |
| Build number: | 694 |
| Keel laying: | July 7, 1942 |
| Launch: | March 8, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | May 15, 1943 |
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| Flotilla: |
May 15, 1943 - November 13, 1943 Training boat, 5th U-Flotilla, Kiel November 14, 1943 - October 27, 1943 Transport boat, 5th U-Flotilla, Kiel |
| Calls: | 6 transport trips |
| Sinkings: |
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| Whereabouts: | Set on the beach at Brönnöysund on October 27, 1944 after severe damage , destroyed by air raid on November 4. |
U 1060 was a German type VII F submarine, which was used by the Navy during the submarine war of the Second World War to transport FAT torpedoes , T-5 torpedoes and other material.
history
U 1060 was the second of four Type VII F supply boats that were commissioned by the Navy from F. Krupp Germania shipyard , Kiel , on August 25, 1941. In addition to this boat, the order also included U 1059 , U 1061 and U 1062 . All of these boats were delivered to the Navy in 1943. The keel of U 1060 was laid on July 7, 1942, and launched on March 8, 1943. Herbert Brammer was in command of the boat. U 1060 carried a short sword in front of a white sun on a yellow background as a boat coat of arms . This symbol was also worn by the crew as a hat badge.
commander
Herbert Brammer was born on April 24, 1914 in Rendsburg . He joined the Navy in 1937 and completed submarine training from November 1940 to October 1941. From October 1941 to December 15, 1941, he took part in the building instruction of U 118 at the U-Baltic Warship Building Department in Kiel. Herbert Brammer, served as first watch officer on board the U 118 from December 1941 to December 1942 . On this XB minelayer Brammer took part in two patrols in the North and Central Atlantic. After he left U 118 , he trained as a commander in the 24th U-Flotilla in Memel and was then deputy commander of the 5th U-Flotilla from February 1943 to March 1943. From March to April 1943 he was the company officer in the 2nd U-Training Department, Neustadt / Zeven. From April 1943 to May 14, 1943 he was instructed about the construction of his future submarine, U 1060 , at the 1st Warship Building Training Department in Kiel, which he put into service on May 15, 1943. Herbert Brammer died with 11 other crew members when U 1060 was attacked by several British carrier aircraft on October 27, 1944.
Use statistics
U 1060 carried out six transport trips , but could not sink or damage any ships before it was set on the beach at Brönnöysund on October 27, 1944 after being severely damaged .
1. Transport trip
U 1060 left the base in Kiel on December 14, 1943 at 8:00 a.m. for the first transport trip and reached Kristiansand in Norway two days later . One day later, on December 17, 1943, the boat set sail again with a course to Narvik , where it arrived on December 23, 1943. The boat brought material to Narvik on this voyage and picked up more material before returning. On the march back it went via Egersund and Kristiansand back to the Kiel base, which the boat reached on January 7 of the following year.
2. Transport trip
The boat left Kiel on January 18, 1944 at 8:00 a.m. for the second transport trip to Ramsund and Narvik. It first brought further material via Kiel and Kristiansand to Ramsund, where it unloaded material, and to Narvik, where it took over new material in addition to unloading. On the march back it picked up torpedoes and other material in Bergen in Ramsund, changed escorts in Haugesund and ran back to Kiel via Stavanger and Kristiansand. U 1060 returned to Kiel on February 12th.
3. Transport trip
On March 28, 1944 again at 8:00 a.m. U 1060 left for the third transport trip. The boat again brought material from Kiel and Kristiansand to Ramsund, where it unloaded material, and Narvik, where material was also unloaded. On the return journey, escorted via Narvik, Trondheim , where the escort changed, and Bergen, as well as Stavanger, where the escort was changed again, and Kristiansand back to Kiel, which was reached on April 27th.
4. Transport trip
U 1060 left its home port on May 13, 1944 at 8:00 a.m. for the fourth transport voyage. The boat again brought material from Kiel via Kristiansand to Ramsund for the unloading of material. On the way back, U 1060 was confronted with an air hazard in Ålesund and went back via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand to the Kiel base, which the boat reached on June 3rd.
5. Transport trip
The 5th transport run for U 1060 began on June 20, 1944 at 8:10 a.m. Unknown equipment was also picked up on this voyage and unloaded from Kiel via Kristiansand to Bergen, Florø , Ålesund and Trondheim. Further material was taken over in Ålesund and Bergen. In Måløy , U 1060 was confronted with an air hazard. Material was delivered in Ålesund and Trondheim. On the march back, the escort was changed in Kristiansand, Ålesund, Bergen and Haugesund and the boat drove back to Kiel via Stavanger and Kristiansand, where it arrived on July 15th.
6. Transport trip
The submarine left Kiel on October 7, 1944 for the sixth and last transport trip. It brought material from Kiel to Horten where it carried out snorkeling exercises, after which it was equipped and supplemented material in Kristiansand. Stavanger and Haugesund had to be left due to air hazards and the devices were handed in in Bergen. The return march went via Bodø , where the crew of the decommissioned U 957 and two other navy members were taken up. Then the trip should lead back to Kiel. However, U 1060 and the minesweeper M 433 parked for escort were attacked by British carrier aircraft one day after they left. The German submarine was beached after severe damage.
Whereabouts
U 1060 and the escorting mine sweeper were attacked on October 27, 1944 in the North Sea south of Brönnöysund by rocket and gun fire from a Firefly fighter aircraft belonging to the British FAA Squadron 1771, which had taken off from the aircraft carrier Implacable . The minesweeper M 433 was sunk by bombs and U 1060 was badly damaged by another bomb that fell into the boat through the open turret hatch, killing the commander and twelve other crew members. The crew then beached U 1060 on the island of Fleina off Gildeskål and left the boat. The 71 survivors also included First Lieutenant Gerd Schaar and 27 of the crew members of U 957 . In the afternoon and evening, Norwegian fishing trawlers rescued the survivors who were on the archipelago . The rescue operation was headed by Dr. med. Ole Aalde. The men were brought to Mosjöen and given medical attention there. Three dead were buried in the local cemetery on November 7, 1944. The British Coastal Command dispatched four planes, including two Czech Liberator bombers , which destroyed U 1060 on November 4th.
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. 1999, p. 701.
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , p. 165.
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. 1997, p. 36.
- ↑ a b c d e f Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. 1997, p. 539.
- ↑ The submarine U 957 , under the command of Gerd Schaar, had collided with a German freighter and had to be decommissioned in Narvik.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing vor München 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 , p. 235.
- ↑ Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. 1999, p. 702.
literature
- Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 .