U-512
Type | IXC | |||
| Ordered | 20 Oct, 1939 | |||
| Laid down | 24 Feb, 1941 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 308) | ||
| Launched | 9 Oct, 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 20 Dec, 1941 | Kptlt. Wolfgang Schultze | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 20 Dec, 1941 - 31 Aug, 1942 4. Flottille (training) 1 Sep, 1942 - 2 Oct, 1942 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 20.619 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 2 Oct, 1942 north of Cayenne, in position 06.50N, 52.25W, by depth charges from an American B-18 A aircraft (US Army Bomb. Sqdn. 99). 51 dead and 1 survivor | |||
See the 3 ships hit by U-512 - View the 1 war patrol
General notes on this boat
The sole survivor, Matrosengefreiter Franz Machen, spent 10 days on a life raft which the aircraft dropped to his aid before being rescued by the US destroyer USS Ellis (DD-154). He survived partly by killing and eating seabirds that attacked him while he lay exposed on the raft.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-512 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |