U 560
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | 35 195 |
| Shipyard: | Blohm & Voss in Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | October 16, 1939 |
| Keel laying: | February 1, 1940 |
| Launch: | January 10, 1941 |
| Commissioning: | March 6, 1941 |
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| Calls: | no ventures |
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| Whereabouts: | Sunk in Kiel itself on May 3, 1945 |
U 560 was a German type VII C submarine, a so-called "Atlantic boat ". It was used by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War in the Baltic Sea for the training and instruction of crews and officers.
Technical specifications
Before the start of the war, Blohm & Voss was not included in the submarine building program of the Reich and Kriegsmarine. From 1939 onwards, however, the Hamburg shipyard's capacity was mainly used to build submarines. The efficient series production method of the shipyard was supposed to ensure the annual production of 52 submarines of the type VII C, while in addition - under license from MAN - diesel engines for 24 boats of this type were produced. The two diesel engines of such boats made a speed of 17 knots when crossing the water . Such a boat had a maximum range of 6500 nm . Under water, the two electric motors, each 375 hp , were usually used, guaranteeing a speed of 7.6 knots. On the tower U 560 bore the emblem of the 24th U-Flotilla, the letter V.
commitment
On November 28, 1941, U 560 sank during a training voyage near Memel as a result of a collision in the Baltic Sea. The boat was recovered in December and, after being repaired, was only used as a school boat from then on.
Sinking
Since the beginning of the war, an instruction issued by the Kriegsmarine provided for the sinking of every German warship before it fell into the hands of the enemy. A corresponding order existed under the code name "Rainbow", which particularly concerned the German submarines. Although Karl Dönitz had this " rainbow order " canceled by radio on the evening of May 4, 1945 after he had ordered the surrender of the German units in north-west Germany and Denmark, many submarine commanders decided to sink their boats themselves . U 560 was sunk on the same day together with 43 other submarines in the Kiel Fjord . The wreck was demolished in 1946.
literature
- 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 .
- Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg a. a. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 122.
- ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing vor München 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 , p. 76.