U 537
|
U 537 ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
|
|---|---|
| Type : | IX C / 40 |
| Shipyard: | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder |
| Construction contract: | April 10, 1941 |
| Build number: | 762 |
| Keel laying: | April 10, 1942 |
| Launch: | November 7, 1942 |
| Commissioning: | January 27, 1943 |
| Commanders: |
|
| Calls: | 3 activities |
| Sinkings: | |
| Whereabouts: | November 9, 1944, Java Sea |
U 537 was a German submarine of the type IX C / 40 of the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War .
history
The submarine was laid on April 10, 1942 by the German shipyard in Hamburg and put into service on January 27, 1943. Captain Peter Schrewe led the ship until it was sunk in 1944.
U 537 belonged to the 4th U-Flotilla from January 27 to July 31, 1943, to the 10th U-Flotilla from August 1, 1943 to September 30, 1944 and to the 33rd U-Flotilla from October 1 to November 9, 1944. Flotilla .
U 537 carried out three patrols, the first of which was the only armed landing in North America during World War II when it set up the Kurt automatic weather station in Martin Bay on Labrador on October 22, 1943 . The remains of the radio station were accidentally rediscovered in 1981. The second patrol took the submarine from Lorient to Batavia in Southeast Asia. On November 10, 1944, U 537 was sunk on its third patrol in the Java Sea east of Surabaya with the 58-man crew by torpedoes from the American submarine USS Flounder .
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. 97.
- ↑ Guðmundur Helgason: German U-boats of WWII: The Type IXC / 40 boat U-537
- ↑ Thorne, RG (2004). A Cherished Past: Newfoundland's Front Row Seat to History. St. John's, NL / Thorton Publishing Ltd. (Pp. 82–88)
- ↑ Guðmundur Helgason: War Patrols by German U-boat U-537