U 634

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U 634
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Type : VII C
Field Post Number : 23 270
Shipyard: Blohm & Voss , Hamburg
Construction contract: August 15, 1940
Build number: 134
Keel laying: September 23, 1941
Launch: June 10, 1942
Commissioning: August 6, 1942
Commanders:
Calls: 3 patrols
Sinkings:

1 ship (10,856 GRT)

Whereabouts: sunk in the North Atlantic on August 30, 1943

U 634 was a German type VII C submarine of the former Navy in World War II .

Construction and commissioning

U 634 was laid on keel at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg on September 23, 1941 , the launch took place on June 10, 1942. Part of the construction costs were raised by a submarine donation from the city of Schwäbisch Hall , which is why the boat on the tower led the city arms. The contact was probably made through the crew member Leutnant zur See , the first officer on watch for U 634 , Eberhard Bosch, who had invited part of the crew to his home town. Bosch was a son of the NSDAP district leader Otto Bosch in Schwäbisch Hall . On August 6, 1942, it was put into service under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Günther Brosin.

Commitment and history

Until January 31, 1943 it belonged to the 5th submarine flotilla in Kiel for training purposes . Then, from April 1, 1943, it was assigned to the 9th Flotilla in Brest as a front boat. This flotilla belonged to U 634 until its sinking. On January 28, 1943, Oberleutnant zur See Eberhard Dahlhaus took command.

Incident during a training trip

On November 12, 1942, U 634 collided with U 272 during a training run near Hela . The badly damaged U 272 sank at a depth of 36 m. There some crew members managed to leave the submarine and to reach the surface with the help of their diving rescuers . A total of 29 crew members were killed, while 12 men from U 272 were rescued by units of the Kriegsmarine after 22 hours in the autumnal waters of the Baltic Sea.

Calls

On February 18, 1943, the boat left Bergen for its first venture . On March 3, 1943, during an attack on convoy HX-227 in the North Atlantic at position 62 ° 10 ′  N , 28 ° 25 ′  W, Commander Dalhaus sank the American freighter SS Meriwether Lewis (a Liberty ship ) loaded with ammunition and tires , whereby its entire crew of 72 men died. U 634 entered Lorient on March 23, 1943 . For the second patrol, the boat left Lorient on April 15, 1943 and returned to Brest on May 23, 1943.

Sinking

For its third and last venture, U 634 left Brest on June 12, 1943. The crew shot a British on June 13, flying boat type Short Sunderland from.

On 30 August, U 634 in the North Atlantic, east of the Azores , in position 40 ° 13 '  N , 19 ° 24'  W by the British sloop HMS Stork and the British corvette HMS Stonecrop with depth charges sunk. None of the 47 crew members survived.

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 .
  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. Urbes Verlag, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7 .

References and comments

  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. 84.
  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. 133.
  3. ↑ 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. 376.
  4. ^ Axel Niestlé: "German U-Boat Losses of World War II. Details of Destruction ", Frontline Books, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-84832-210-3 , page 51
  5. ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat 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 , p. 65.
  6. ^ Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars. 1998, pp. 149-150.

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