U 60 (Navy)

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U 60 (Kriegsmarine)
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Type : II C
Field Post Number : M-11 306
Shipyard: German works , Kiel
Construction contract: July 21, 1937
Build number: 259
Keel laying: October 1, 1938
Launch: June 1, 1939
Commissioning: July 22, 1939
Commanders:
  • July 22, 1939 - July 19, 1940
    Lieutenant Georg Schewe
  • July 19, 1940 - November 5, 1940
    First Lieutenant Adalbert Schnee
  • November 6, 1940 - September 30, 1941
    First Lieutenant Georg Wallas
  • October 1, 1941 - May 1942
    First Lieutenant Kurt Pressel
  • May 1942 - December 6, 1942
    First Lieutenant Hans-Dieter Mohs
  • September 1942 - December 1942
    Lieutenant for the Sea Otto Hübschen (i. V.)
  • 7 December 1942 - 15 February 1944
    First Lieutenant Ludo Kregelin
  • February 16, 1944 - February 28, 1945
    Oberleutnant zur See Herbert Giesewetter
Calls: 9 patrols
Sinkings:

3 ships (7,561 GRT)

Whereabouts: self-sunk on May 5, 1945

U 60 was a submarine of type II C , which in World War II by the German navy was used.

history

The building contract for the boat was awarded to Deutsche Werke in Kiel on July 21, 1937 . The keel was laid on October 1, 1938, the launch on June 1, 1939, the commissioning under Lieutenant to the Sea Georg Schewe on July 22, 1939.

From its commissioning until December 31, 1939, the boat belonged to the “Emsmann” U-Flotilla in Kiel as a training and front boat . When the U-Flotilla was reorganized, U 60 joined the 1st U-Flotilla in Kiel on January 1, 1940 . After serving as a front boat, it was used as a school boat in the 21st U-Flotilla in Pillau from November 19, 1940 to March 1945 . It was finally sunk in Wilhelmshaven on May 5, 1945.

U 60 took nine patrols , on which there are three ships with a total tonnage of 7,561 GRT sunk and damaged a ship with 15,434 tons.

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First patrol

The boat left Kiel on November 4, 1939 at 7:00 a.m. and returned there on November 21, 1939. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 18-day expedition to the North Sea and west of the Orkneys .

The boat moved from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven on December 4, 1939.

Second patrol

The boat left Wilhelmshaven on December 12, 1939 at 1 p.m. and entered Kiel on December 19, 1939 at 10:34 p.m. On this seven-day mining operation, nine TMB mines were laid off Lowestoft and a ship with 4,373 GRT was sunk.

  • December 19, 1939: sinking of the British steamer City of Kobe ( Lage ) with 4,373 GRT. The ship was sunk by a mine hit. It had loaded coal and general cargo and was on its way from Antwerp via Tyne and Hull to Alexandria . The ship belonged to convoy FS-5 with 53 ships. There was one dead and 30 survivors.

Third patrol

The boat left Kiel on January 9, 1940 at 1:20 p.m. and entered Wilhelmshaven on January 21, 1940 at 2:53 p.m. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 13-day and 1,504-nm-long expedition to the North Sea and the British east coast.

Fourth patrol

The boat left Wilhelmshaven on February 14, 1940 at 6.45 a.m. and returned there on February 29, 1940 at 6.45 p.m. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 16-day, 1,981 nm over and 272 nm underwater expedition into the North Sea.

Fifth patrol

The boat left on April 4, 1940 at 8:12 a.m. for the Weser Exercise company in Wilhelmshaven and entered Kiel on April 27, 1940 at 2:03 a.m. The boat entered Bergen on April 14, 1940 at 11:53 a.m. to supplement it and left again at 17:23 p.m. on the same day. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 23-day and 2,055 nm over and 467.6 nm underwater undertaking off Bergen.

Sixth venture

The boat left Kiel on May 18, 1940 at 9:10 a.m. and returned there on June 11, 1940 at 9:35 a.m. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 22-day and 1,790 nm over and 432 nm underwater expedition into the North Sea and the English Channel .

Seventh patrol

The boat was launched on 30 July 1940 at 8.00 am from Kiel and on August 18, 1940 at 10:57 in Lorient one. The boat entered Bergen on August 3, 1940 at 11:08 p.m. to supplement it and left again on August 4, 1940 at 10:25 p.m. On this 24-day and 2,337.2 nm above and 247.8 nm underwater expedition into the North Atlantic and the Northern Canal , a ship with 1,787 GRT was sunk.

  • August 13, 1940: sinking of the Swedish steamer Nils Gorthon ( Lage ) with 1,787 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo . He had loaded 743 tons of wood pulp and was on his way from St. John's to Ridham Dock . There were four dead and 17 survivors.

Eighth patrol

The boat left Lorient on August 21, 1940 at 7:00 p.m. and returned there on September 6, 1940 at 8:38 p.m. On this 17-day and 2,195 nm over and 192.6 nm underwater expedition into the North Atlantic, the North Canal and the Hebrides , a ship with 1,401 GRT was sunk and a ship with 15,434 GRT was damaged.

  • August 31, 1940: Damage to the Dutch steamer Volendam with 15,434 GRT. The steamer was damaged by two torpedoes. He had general cargo loaded and was on his way from Liverpool to New York .
  • September 3, 1940: sinking of the British steamer Ulva ( Lage ) with 1,401 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a G7e torpedo. He was carrying coal and was on his way from Newport to Gibraltar . There were three dead and 17 survivors.

Ninth patrol

The boat left Lorient on September 16, 1940 at 4:00 p.m. and entered Kiel on October 8, 1940 at 1:02 p.m. The boat entered Bergen on October 2, 1940 at 8:30 p.m. to supplement it and left there on October 5, 1940 at 1:00 a.m. No ships were sunk or damaged during this 22-day and 2,671 nm above and 247 nm underwater undertaking in the Pentland Firth and the North Sea.

Whereabouts

The boat was self- sunk by its crew on May 5, 1945 in the western chamber of the IV entrance (Raederschleuse) in Wilhelmshaven according to the rainbow order that had existed for a long time, but was canceled by Grand Admiral Dönitz on the evening of May 4, 1945, and scrapped after the end of the war.

literature

  • Clay Blair : The Submarine War. Volume 1: The Hunters. 1939-1942. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X .
  • Clay Blair: The Submarine War. Volume 2: The Hunted, 1942–1945. Heyne, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 1: The German submarine commanders. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1 .
  • 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 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 .
  • Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war 1939-1945. Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler and Son, Hamburg et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0 .
  • Erich Gröner : Die Handelsflotten der Welt 1942 and supplement 1944. JF Lehmanns Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4 (reprint of the 1942–1943 edition).
  • Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names (= The merchant fleets of the world. Supplementary volume). JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2 (reprint of the 1943 edition).

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