U 656
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| Type : | VII C |
| Shipyard: | Howaldtswerke Hamburg |
| Keel laying: | 4th September 1940 |
| Launch: | July 8, 1941 |
| Commissioning: | September 17, 1941 |
| Commanders: |
Lieutenant Captain Ernst Kröning |
| Flotilla: |
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| Calls: | 2 patrols |
| Sinkings: |
no |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on March 1, 1942 south of Cape Race in Newfoundland |
U 656 was a German type VII C submarine of the German Navy .
history
The keel was laid on September 4, 1940. After the launch on July 8, 1941, the boat was put into service on September 17, 1941 and assigned to the 5th U-Flotilla . The commanding officer was Lieutenant Captain Ernst Kröning.
Calls
After completing the training trips, U 656 was used as a front boat in the 1st U-Flotilla from January 1, 1942 . She made two patrols, but could not record any sinkings. It was the first German submarine to be sunk by the US Navy during World War II .
First patrol
U 656 left Kiel on January 15, 1942 for its first patrol. The 14-day mission took them through the Kattegat to the north of the Shetland Islands . There were no opportunities for attack during the patrol. U 656 arrived in Brest on January 28th .
Second patrol
After seven days in port, the second venture began, the route of the convoys from Newfoundland to England. U 656 belonged to the third wave of submarines that were deployed against the US east coast as part of the company Paukenschlag . After the voyage, like the first one, was uneventful, the boat was discovered and attacked by an American air patrol on March 1.
Sinking
U 656 was sunk on March 1, 1942 south of Cape Race in Newfoundland by depth charges dropped by a Lockheed Hudson- type submarine fighter of Squadron VP 82 of the US Navy . It sank with the entire crew at position 46 ° 15 ' N , 53 ° 15' W south of Newfoundland.
See also
literature
- Eberhard Möller, Werner Brack: Encyclopedia of German U-Boats. From 1904 to the present. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02245-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 4: German submarine losses from September 1939 to May 1945. E. S. Mittler and Son, Hamburg a. a. 1999, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2 , p. 45.
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