U 211

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U 211
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Type : VII C
Field Post Number : 44 194
Shipyard: Germania shipyard , Kiel
Construction contract: October 16, 1939
Build number: 640
Keel laying: March 29, 1941
Launch: January 15, 1942
Commissioning: March 7, 1942
Commanders:

March 7, 1942 - November 19, 1943 Lieutenant Karl home

Calls: * August 26, 1942 (Bergen) - October 7, 1942
  • November 11, 1942 (Brest) - December 29, 1942
  • February 13, 1943 (Brest) - February 25, 1943
  • May 10, 1943 (Brest) - July 16, 1943
  • September 23, 1943 (Lorient) - September 24, 1943
  • October 11, 1943 (Brest) - November 19, 1943
Sinkings:

2 ships (12,587 GRT)

Whereabouts: Sunk east of the Azores on November 19, 1943

U 211 was a Type VII C submarine that was used by the German Navy during World War II .

U 211 was built in the Germania shipyard in Kiel and put into service on March 7, 1942. Under his only commanding officer, Lieutenant Karl HOME, it completed a total of five operations in the Atlantic from France, mostly from Brest . It sank two ships with a total of 12,587 GRT and damaged two more. On November 19, 1943 , the boat was sunk by a British Vickers Wellington during an attack on a convoy east of the Azores ( Lage ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronicle of the Naval War: September 1942 of the Württemberg State Library
  2. ^ A b Jürgen Rohwer, Gerhard Hümmelchen: Chronicle of the Naval War: December 1942 of the Württemberg State Library
  3. ↑ a b Jürgen Rohwer, Gerhard Hümmelchen: Chronicle of the Naval War: November 1943 of the Württemberg State Library

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