U-567
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 24 Oct, 1939 | |||||
| Laid down | 27 Apr, 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 543) | ||||
| Launched | 6 Mar, 1941 | |||||
| Commissioned | 24 Apr, 1941 | Kptlt. Theodor Fahr | ||||
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| Career | 3 patrols | 24 Apr, 1941 - 1 Aug, 1941 3. Flottille (training) 1 Aug, 1941 - 31 Oct, 1941 3. Flottille (front boat) 1 Nov, 1941 - 21 Dec, 1941 7. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 2 ships sunk for a total of 6.809 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 21 Dec, 1941 in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 44.02N, 20.10W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Deptford and the British corvette HMS Samphire. 47 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
See the 2 ships hit by U-567 - View the 3 war patrols
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-567 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 |