U 512
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| Type : | IX C |
| Field Post Number : | M 47986 |
| Shipyard: | German shipyard , Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | October 20, 1939 |
| Build number: | 308 |
| Keel laying: | February 24, 1941 |
| Launch: | October 9, 1941 |
| Commissioning: | December 20, 1941 |
| Commanders: |
December 20, 1941 - October 2, 1942 |
| Calls: | 1 company |
| Sinkings: |
3 ships (20,619 GRT) |
| Whereabouts: | sunk in the Atlantic on October 2, 1942 |
U 512 was a German type IX C submarinethat was used by the German navy during World War II .
history
Submarines like U 512 were suitable for long, long-term overseas ventures. Accordingly, the boat was used in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean. U 512 patrolled off Trinidad and north of Cayenne .
Construction and commissioning
The building contract was placed on October 20, 1939 at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg. The keel was laid on February 24, 1941 and the launch on October 9, 1941. U 512 was put into service on December 20, 1941 under Lieutenant Wolfgang Schultze.
Flotilla affiliation and stationing
After its commissioning, the boat was used for training purposes in the 4th U-Flotilla in Stettin until August 31, 1942 . Then it belonged to the 10th U-Flotilla stationed in Lorient, France , as a front boat until it was sunk . During the entire training period and the first and last patrols, KptLt. Wolfgang Schultze in command of the boat.
Calls
U 512 went on a patrol , were sunk on the three ships with 20,619 tons.
First venture
U 512 left Kiel on August 15, 1942. Three ships with 20,619 GRT were sunk on this 49-day undertaking. Among them the neutral Spanish freighter Monte Gorbea , because of its sinking the commander KptLt. Schultze was informed by the BdU that he could expect a court martial on his return.
- September 13, 1942: sinking of the American tanker Patrick J. Hurley (10,865 GRT, 17 dead)
- September 19, 1942: Damage to the Spanish steamer Monte Gorbea (3,720 GRT, 52 dead)
- September 24, 1942: sinking of the American steamer Antinous (6,034 GRT)
Whereabouts
On October 2, 1942, the boat was located off French Guiana in the sea area off Cayenne by an American B-18A bomber from 20 kilometers away. The B-18 took the spotted submarine dive-and volleyed it four depth charges, two of which U 512 met before it could dive alarm. ( Location ). 51 crew members were killed. The only survivor, Corporal Franzmachen, drifted for ten days on a life raft that the American bomber had dropped for him before he was rescued by the American destroyer USS Ellis . He was fed by sea birds, which attacked him while he waited for help in the water.
successes
| date | Surname | nationality | Tonnage (GRT) | Sinking |
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| September 13, 1942 | Patrick J. Hurley |
 United States
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10,865 | sunk ( location ) |
| September 19, 1942 | Monte Gorbea |
 Spain
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3,720 | sunk ( location ) |
| September 24, 1942 | Antinous |
United States
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6,034 | sunk ( location ) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 64.
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 368.
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 496.
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 , pp. 219-220.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing vor München 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 , p. 93.
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