U 572

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U 572
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Type : VII C
Field Post Number : M-00 412
Shipyard: Blohm & Voss , Hamburg
Construction contract: October 24, 1939
Keel laying: June 15, 1940
Launch: April 5, 1941
Commissioning: May 29, 1941
Commanders:
Calls: 9 patrols
Sinkings:

6 ships (19,323 GRT)

Whereabouts: Sunk on August 3, 1943 northeast of Trinidad

U 572 was a submarine from the Type VII C , which in World War II by the German navy was used.

history

The order for the boat was awarded to Blohm & Voss , Hamburg , on October 24, 1939 . The keel was laid on June 15, 1940 and the launch in April 1941. The commissioning under Lieutenant Heinz Hirsacker took place on May 29, 1941.

U 572 undertook nine patrols during its service, during which six ships were sunk and one damaged.

Use statistics

Patrol Port of departure date Port of entry return commander Sinkings
1. Trondheim September 2, 1941 Lorient October 2, 1941 Captain Heinz Hirsacker
2. Lorient October 30, 1941 Brest November 29, 1941 Kptlt. Heinz Hirsacker
3. Brest January 7, 1942 Brest February 10, 1942 Kptlt. Heinz Hirsacker
4th Brest March 14, 1942 La Pallice May 14, 1942 Kptlt. Heinz Hirsacker
  • Desert Light : 2,368 GRT ( location )
  • Empire Dryden : 7,164 GRT ( location )
5. La Pallice June 30, 1942 La Pallice September 3, 1942 Kptlt. Heinz Hirsacker Delfshaven : 5,281 GRT ( location )
6th La Pallice October 12, 1942 La Pallice November 22, 1942 Kptlt. Heinz Hirsacker
7th La Pallice December 23, 1942 La Pallice February 11, 1943 Oblt. Heinz Kummetat
8th. La Pallice March 10, 1943 La Pallice April 18, 1943 Oblt. Heinz Kummetat
9. La Pallice June 2, 1943 Sunk on August 3, 1943 Oblt. Heinz Kummetat
  • Lot : 4,220 GRT ( location )
  • Harvard : 114 GRT ( location )
  • Gilbert B Walters : 176 GRT ( location )

Downfall

On August 3, 1943, U 572 was sunk in an attack by US naval aviators with a depth charge northeast of Trinidad and north of Dutch Guinea at position 11 ° 35 ′  N , 54 ° 5 ′  W (forty-seven dead). Since there is no known return of the aircraft, it can be assumed that it crashed during or after the fight.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c U-572. uboat.net, accessed May 16, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat 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 , p. 130.