U 971
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U 971 ( previous / next - all submarines ) |
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | 41 942 |
| Shipyard: | Blohm & Voss Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | June 5, 1941 |
| Build number: | 171 |
| Keel laying: | June 15, 1942 |
| Launch: | February 22, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | April 1, 1943 |
| Commanders: |
Oblt. ZS Walter Zeplien |
| Calls: | 1 company |
| Sinkings: |
no |
| Whereabouts: | Sunk on June 24, 1944 in the English Channel north of Brest |
U 971 was a German submarine from the Type VII C that of the former German Navy during the Second World War in the Bay of Biscay was used and in the English Channel.
It was manufactured at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg . The keel was laid on June 15, 1942, the launch on February 22, 1943. After commissioning on April 1, 1943 under Lieutenant zur See Walter Zeplien, U 971 of the 5th U-Flotilla was assigned to training. On June 1, 1944, the front line began with the 3rd U-Flotilla . The boat only ran out on an undertaking that failed to damage or sink a ship.
U 971 was attacked and sunk with depth charges on June 24, 1944 after 17 days at sea by the destroyers HMS Eskimo and HMCS Haida in cooperation with a Liberator bomber of the Czech Air Force . The boat sank in the English Channel north of Brest in position 49 ° 1 ' N , 5 ° 35' W . There was one dead and 51 survivors.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 108.
- ↑ 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. 388.
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