U-537
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 10 Apr 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 10 Apr 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 355) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 7 Nov 1942 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 27 Jan 1943 | Kptlt. Peter Schrewe | ||||||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 9 Nov, 1944 in the Java Sea east of Surabaya, in position 07.13S, 115.17E, by torpedoes from the US submarine USS Flounder. 58 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
Attacks on this boat
31 Oct 1943
A Canadian Hudson aircraft (Sqdn 11) attacked the boat with 8 rockets that missed their mark. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 459)
10 Nov 1943
A Canadian Catalina aircraft (Sqdn 5) attacked the boat with 4 depth charges off Cape Race. The boat escaped unharmed. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 459)
11 Nov 1943
A Canadian Catalina aircraft (Sqdn 5) dropped 4 depth chages which slightly damaged the boat. Surface ships brought up to hunt her failed to locate the boat and she safely reached port on December 8. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 459)
5 Mar 1944
While outbound from France the boat was attacked by an unknown Allied aircraft and damaged to badly she had to abort her patrol and put into France again on March 6. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 538)
4 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
22 Oct 1943. U-537 set up an automatic weather station in Martin Bay, Labrador. See Weather station Kurt erected in Labrador in 1943.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-537 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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