U-Boat Loss Register.Xls
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CU49 - U-boat Loss Register.xls Vessel Type Commander Date of Action Location " Victor " Officer Remarks U 556 VII C KL Herbert Wohlfarth 27-Jun-1941 60.24 N & 29.00 W H.M.S. Celandine Conflicting Note operational history. U 570 VII C KL Hans-Joachim Rahmlow 27-Aug-1941 62.15 N & 18.35 W 269 Squadron # S S/L J.H. Thompson Note operational history. LT. ( jg ) Robert B. Hopgood, U.S.N.R. # Note operational history. U 464 XIV KL Otto Harms 21-Aug-1942 61.25 N & 14.40 W VP(B)-73 # P-9 85575 Sunk on August 20, 1942 ? U 94 VII C OL Otto Ites 28-Aug-1942 17.40 N & 74.30 W VPB-92 # P-5 LT. Gordon Ralph Fiss, U.S.N. # 76509 Note operational history. U 619 VII C KL Kurt Makowski 5-Oct-1942 58.41 N & 22.58 W 269 Squadron # N F/O J. Markham Note operational history. LT. ( jg ) Gustav F. Swanson, U.S.N.R. # U-582 VII C KL Werner Schulte 5-Oct-1942 58.52 N & 21.42 W VP(B)-73 # P-8 98311 Note operational history. U 265 VII C OL Leonhard Aufhammer 3-Feb-1943 56.35 N & 22.49 W 220 Squadron # N P/O K. Ramsden Note operational history. U 624 VII C KL Ulrich Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen 7-Feb-1943 55.42 N & 26.17 W 220 Squadron # J P/O G. Robertson Note operational history. U 646 VII C OL Heinrich Wulff 17-May-1943 62.10 N & 14.30 W 269 Squadron # J SGT. F.H.W. James Note operational history. U 273 VII C OL Hermann Rossmann 19-May-1943 59.25 N & 24.33 W 269 Squadron # M F/O J.N.F. Bell Note operational history. Robert J. Finnie, jr., U.S.N.R. ( Rank & U 135 VII C OL Otto Luther 15-Jul-1943 28.20 N & 13.17 W VPB-92 # P-6 number conflicting. ) Note operational history. U 336 VII C KL Hans Hunger 5-Oct-1943 62.43 N & 27.17 W 269 Squadron # F F/SGT G.C. Allsop Note operational history. U 707 VII C OL Gunter Gretschel 9-Nov-1943 40.31 N & 20.17 W 220 Squadron # J F/LT R.P. Drummond Note operational history. U 761 VII C OL Horst Geider 24-Feb-1944 35.55 N & 05.45 W H.M.S. Anthony LCDR. John Henry Wallace DSC, RN Note operational history. U 575 VII C OL Wolfgang Boehmer 13-Mar-1944 46.18 N & 27.34 W 220 Squadron # J F/O W.R. Travell Note operational history. U 277 VII C KL Robert Lubsen 1-May-1944 73.24 N & 15.32 E 842 Squadron # C SUB-LT. L.G. Cooper Note operational history. U 674 VII C OL Harald Muhs 2-May-1944 70.32 N & 04.37 E 842 Squadron # B SUB-LT. B.F. Vibert Note operational history. U 959 VII C OL Friedrich Weitz 2-May-1944 69.20 N & 00.20 W 842 Squadron # K SUB-LT. L.G. Cooper Note operational history. U 871 IX D-2 KL Erwin Ganzer 26-Sep-1944 43.18 N & 36.28 W 220 Squadron # P F/LT A.F. Wallace Note operational history. U 482 VII C KL Hartmut Graf von Matuschka 25-Nov-1944 60.18 N & 04.52 W H.M.S. Ascension CDR. William Josselyn Moore DSC, RNR Note operational history. U 1195 VII C KL Ernst Cordes 6-Apr-1945 50.33 N & 00.55 W H.M.S. Watchman LCDR. John Richard Clarke DSC, RNVR Note operational history. mck February 13, 2017 PSALMS 107 - 22-30 u 556 Type VII C Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Keel laid 2.1.40 Launched 7.12.40 Commissioned 6.2~41 Feldpost Nr M 36 839 Sunk 27.6.41 SW of Reykjavik (60°24'N 29°00'W) Served with 1 U-Flottille, Kiel/Brest February 1941 - 27.6.41 (ab/fb) Commanded by KL Herbert Wohlfarth February 1941 - 27.6.41 Patrols: 2 Ships sunk: 5 (23,557 grt) + 2 damaged 1. 1.5.41 Left Kiel for the North Atlantic. U 556 was to patrol W of the British Isles and as far as 25°W. On the 6th she sank the fishing vessel Emanuel (fa 166t) just W of the Faroes. U 94 sighted westbound OB 318 on the 7th S of Iceland and U 556 was one of the boats directed to it. She closed the convoy E of Cape Farewell in the early morning of the 10th and torpedoed and damaged the SS Aelybryn (br 4986t) and missed the British steamer SS Chaucer. The Aelybryn reached Reykjavik on the 17th. In two further attacks on OB 318 on the 10th U 556 sank the SS Empire Caribou (br 4861 t) and the SS Gand (be 5086t). U 556 joined up with U 93, U 94 and U 98 on the 11th to form a patrol group SE of Greenland. From the 13th these boats were augmented by U 7 4, U 97, U 109 and U 111. The group moved to the southwest on the 15th and formed a new patrol line SSE of Cape Farewell. On the 19th U 94 sighted northbound convoy HX 126 and the other boats closed the convoy one by one over the next two days. U 556 was the frrst to arrive and make attacks. In the afternoon of the 20th she torpedoed three ships, damaging the tanker MV San Felix (br 13037t) and sinking the tanker MV British Security (br 8470t) and the MV Darlington Court (br 4974t). U 556 began her return to base on the 24th, the day the Bismarck U 556 (continued) and Prinz Eugen attempted to enter the Atlantic via the Denmark Strait. The plan was that a group of U-boats would form a patrol line running northwest-southeast S of Cape Farewell. After the two battleships had passed through the line the boats would then deal with any shadowing, British naval vessels. However, the plan was changed. Bismarck would make for St Nazaire and Prinz Eugen would head southwestwards. During the night of the 24/25th Bismarck was damaged in a torpedo attack by carrier-borne aircraft. To assist her into the comparative shelter of the Bay of Biscay the homeward-bound U 556, U 74, U 97, U 98 and U 109 and the outward-bound U 48, U 73 and U 108 were ordered on the 25th to assemble 450 miles W of St Nazaire. They were then directed to form a patrol line running northwest from Cape Ortegal. This was delayed by a heavy storm and the boats were not in position until the 26th. In the evening of that day Bismarck was at the northwest end of the line, running parallel lo it and just to the east. Boats that still had torpedoes were ordered to go to her assistance but heavy seas prevented their finding her. On the 26th U 556 sighted HMS Renown and Ark Royal, on their way from Gibraltar to intercept the Bismarck, but she had no torpedoes. Bismarck was sunk in the morning of the 27th. U 556 put in to Lorient 30.5.41 2. 19.6.41 Left for the North Atlantic. U 556 was one of a number of boats which were to operate in a loose formation in the central North Atlantic. On the 23rd U 203 sighted eastbound HX 133 S of Greenland but after sinking one ship she lost contact. On the 26th U 556, U 201 and U 564 came up with the convoy. U 556 was located on the 27th SW of Iceland and sunk in depth charge attacks by the escorting corvettes HMS Celandine (Lt-Cdr A Stannard), Gladiolus (Lt-Cdr H M C Sanders) and Nasturtium (Lt-Cdr R C Freaker). Of U 556's crew, 5 men were lost and the commander and 40 other men were made PoW. u 570 Type VII C Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Keel laid 21.5.40 Launched 20.3.41 Commissioned 15.5.41 Feldpost Nr M 42 381 Captured 27.8.41 S of Vik, Iceland (62°15 'N 18°35 'W) Served with 3 U-Flottille, Kiel May 1941 - 27.8.41 (ab/fb) Commanded by KL Hans-Joachim Rahmlow May 1941 - 27 .8.41 Patrols: 1 Ships sunk: None 1. 23.8.41 Left Trondheim for the North Atlantic. U 570 went to an area S of Iceland and with other boats was unsuccessfully directed to eastbound convoy HX 145. In the morning of the 27th KL Rahmlow took his boat down because the heavy seas were upsetting his inexperienced crew. Soon after resurfacing two hours later, U 570 was sighted by a Hudson of 269 Squadron (S/Ldr J H Thompson). The aircraft dropped four depth-charges before the boat could dive and then saw the crew coming out of the conning tower and a white flag being shown. The Hudson circled the stationary U 570, continuing to do so until relieved by a Catalina of 209 Squadron (F/O EA Jewiss). Thompson U 570 (continued) and his navigator were both awarded the DFC. The 'a/s trawler HMS Northern Chief arrived early in the evening. U 570 was sent a signal to the effect that if the boat was scuttled, survivors would not be picked up, which was most unlikely.