List of all U-boats
U-521
Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 14 Feb 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 3 Jul 1941 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 336) | ||||||||
| Launched | 17 Mar 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 3 Jun 1942 | Oblt. Klaus Bargsten (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 19,551 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 750 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 2 June, 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Baltimore, in position 37.43N, 73.16W, by depth charges from the US patrol craft USS PC-565. 51 dead and 1 survivor. | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-521 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Kreuzotter (8 Nov 1942 - 21 Nov 1942)
Rochen (27 Jan 1943 - 28 Feb 1943)
Tümmler (12 Mar 1943 - 22 Mar 1943)
Attacks on this boat
31 Oct 1942
While attacking convoy SC 107 a Hudson aircraft (Sqdn 145) attacked the boat causing minor damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 45.)
1 recorded attack 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-521 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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