U-130
Type | IXC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 20 Aug 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 993) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 14 Mar 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 11 Jun 1941 | Korvkpt. Ernst Kals (Knights Cross) | ||||||||||||
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| Career 6 patrols |
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| Successes | 21 ships sunk for a total of 127,608 GRT 3 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 34,407 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 6,986 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 12 Mar 1943 west of the Azores, in position 37.10N, 40.21W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin. 53 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-130 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Schlagetot (9 Nov 1942 - 21 Nov 1942)
Westwall (21 Nov 1942 - 16 Dec 1942)
Unverzagt (12 Mar 1943 - 12 Mar 1943)
Attacks on this boat
12 Jan 1942
At 16.28 hours the surfaced boat was attacked in the Cabot Strait by a Canadian aircraft, dropping two 250lb depth charges. Luckily for the boat the green aircrew botched up the attack and the boat escaped unharmed. (Sources: KTB U-130)
18 Jan 1942
After unsuccessfully attacking a fast motor merchant off Nova Scotia at night, the boat was nearly lost when surprised on the surface by two Canadian "destroyers" about 01.20 hours. One of them tried to ram and passed only 10 metres astern of U-130 that immediately crash-dived. Iced-up diesel air intakes caused 8 tons of water to enter the boat which hit the bottom at a depth of 48 metres. Luckily the warships dropped no depth charges, perhaps due to their equipment also being frozen. The Germans managed to pump the water out and the boat later headed southwards into warmer seas. (Sources: KTB U-130)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-130 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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