U-520

Type

IXC

 
Ordered14 Feb 1940
Laid down 1 Jul 1941 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 335)
Launched2 Mar 1942
Commissioned19 May 1942Kptlt. Volkmar Schwartzkopff
Commanders
19 May 1942 - 30 Oct 1942  Kptlt. Volkmar Schwartzkopff
Career1 patrol 19 May 1942 - 30 Sep 1942  4. Flottille (training)
1 Oct 1942 - 30 Oct 1942  2. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 30 Oct, 1942 east of Newfoundland, in position 47.47N, 49.50W, by depth charges from a Canadian Digby aircraft (RCAF Sqdn 10/742). 53 dead (all hands lost).

View the 1 war patrol

Wolfpack operations

U-520 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Kreuzotter (8 Oct 1942 - 19 Oct 1942)

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-520 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.