U 522

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U 522
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Type : IX C
Field Post Number : M 06857
Shipyard: German shipyard , Hamburg
Construction contract: February 14, 1940
Build number: 337
Keel laying: July 9, 1941
Launch: April 1, 1942
Commissioning: June 11, 1942
Commanders:

June 11, 1942 - February 23, 1943
Lieutenant Captain Herbert Schneider

Calls: 2 activities
Sinkings:

7 ships (45,826 GRT)

Whereabouts: Sunk on February 23, 1943 southwest of Madeira Island

U 522 was a German submarine of the Kriegsmarine of the type IX C , which was used in the Second World War .

history

The construction contract for the boat was awarded to the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg on February 14, 1940 . On July 9, 1941, it was laid down there. It was launched on April 1, 1942. On June 11, 1942, U 522 was put into service under Lieutenant Herbert Schneider .

Until October 1942, the boat was assigned to the 4th U-Flotilla in Stettin for training . Then it belonged to the 2nd U-Flotilla in Lorient as a front boat until its sinking . The tower's coat of arms featured the image of a witch or a diver riding a broom.

Calls

U 522 made two patrols . It sank a total of seven ships with 45,826  GRT and damaged two more with 12,479 GRT.

First patrol

U 522 left Kiel on October 8, 1942 for its first patrol. It operated in the North Atlantic, south of Greenland and east of Newfoundland (at times with the wolf pack "adder"). The boat sank four ships from two convoy trains with a total of 20,077 GRT and torpedoed another ship with 5,496 GRT. On December 2, 1942, U 522 reached its future base in Lorient .

  • November 2, 1942: sinking of the Greek steamer Mount Pelion (5,655 GRT) ( location ). The ship belonged to convoy SC-107. There were seven dead and 32 survivors.
  • November 2, 1942: The British steamer Hartington (5,496 GRT) is torpedoed. He belonged to convoy SC-107. The ship was later sunk by U 521 , with 24 dead and 24 survivors.
  • November 2, 1942: sinking of the British freighter Maritima (5,801 GRT) ( location ). The ship belonged to convoy SC-107. There were 32 dead and 27 survivors.
  • November 2, 1942: sinking of the Greek steamer Parthenon (3,189 GRT) ( Lage ). The ship belonged to convoy SC-107. There were six dead and 23 survivors.
  • November 18, 1942: sinking of the American steamer Yaka (5,432 GRT) ( location ). The ship belonged to convoy ONS-144. All 52 crew members survived.

Second patrol

On December 31, 1942, U 522 left Lorient for its second patrol. The area of ​​operation was in the mid-Atlantic, roughly between the Canary Islands and the Azores . Here the boat operated at times with the wolf pack "Dolphin". In two escort attacks, three ships with a total of 25,749 GRT were sunk and one ship with 6,983 GRT was damaged. U 522 did not return from this voyage.

  • January 9, 1943: sinking of the Norwegian tanker Minister Wedel (6,833 GRT) ( Lage ). The ship belonged to convoy TM-1. All 38 crew members survived.
  • January 9, 1943: sinking of the Panamanian tanker Norvik (10,034 GRT) ( location ). The ship belonged to convoy TM-1. There were two dead and 43 survivors.
  • 11 January 1943: The British Dominion tanker (6,983 GRT) was torpedoed. The ship belonged to convoy TM-1. It was sunk a little later by U 620 , with 33 dead and 16 survivors.
  • February 23, 1943: Sinking of the British tanker Athelprincess (8,883 GRT) ( Lage ). The ship belonged to convoy UC-1. There was one dead and 50 survivors.

Sinking

U 522 was sunk on February 23, 1943, in another attack on the convoy UC 1 , by the British Coast Guard cutter HMS Totland at position 31 ° 27 '  N , 26 ° 22'  W with depth charges. All 51 men of the crew were killed.

literature

  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine 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 .
  • Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Maling's German submarines 1939–1945. 4th edition. Koehler, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7822-0826-9 .
  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 78.
  2. ^ 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. 117.
  3. ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. 1998, p. 108.