U-565
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 24 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 30 Mar 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 541) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 20 Feb 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 10 Apr 1941 | Oblt. Johann Jebsen | ||||||||||||
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| Career 21 patrols |
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| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 11,347 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 6,990 tons 2 ships damaged for a total of 17,565 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Badly damaged on 19 Sept, 1944 in the Mediterranean near Skaramanga, in position 37.57N, 23.40E, by US bombs. Scuttled on 24 Sept, 1944 by three depth charges in Salamis. 5 dead, unknown number of survivors. | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-565 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Arnauld (5 Nov 1941 - 18 Nov 1941)
Wal (10 Nov 1942 - 12 Nov 1942)
Attacks on this boat
5 Oct 1941
The boat was attacked by an aircraft. One bomb hit the deck, but it was a dud and rolled off into the water.
23 Apr 1942
The boat was attacked in the Mediterranean by a British aircraft with three bombs. The boat suffered slight damage.
1 Nov 1942
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:British Hudson AE591 (233 Sqdn RAF, pilot Sgt D.H. Jenkins)
At 12.50 hours, the boat crash-dived when attacked by the British Hudson Mk.III V9169 (233 Sqdn RAF, pilot F/S S. Woodward) south of the Balearic Islands. Four depth charges detonated near the bows and forced U-565 with severe damages back to the surface. The gunners immediately scored hits in the tail of the aircraft, so the A/S bomb dropped fell wide. The heavily damaged Hudson then left the area after recieving more hits during its third attack run. Shortly thereafter another Hudson from the same Squadron arrived at the scene and attacked U-565. Hit by AA fire during its first attack run, the aircraft dropped three depth charges, caught fire and crashed into the sea 500 metres from the boat, which sustained no futher damages in this attack.
(Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)10 Nov 1942
After being battered with depth charges in the Mediterranean, the periscope of U-565 was damaged so severely that the boat was forced return to base.
4 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-565 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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