U-577

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered8 Jan 1940
Laid down1 Aug 1940 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 553)
Launched15 May 1941
Commissioned3 Jul 1941Kptlt. Herbert Schauenburg
Commanders
3 Jul 1941 - 15 Jan 1942  KrvKpt. Herbert Schauenburg
Career
3 patrols
3 Jul 1941-1 Oct 1941  7. Flottille (training)
1 Oct 1941-31 Dec 1941  7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1942-15 Jan 1942  29. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 15 Jan, 1942 in the Mediterranean north-west of Mersa Matruh, in position 32.40N, 25.48E, by depth charges from a British Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 815/G). 43 dead (all hands lost).

View the 3 war patrols

Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by FDS/NHB during November 1990. More on revised fates.)

The attack by a Sunderland (RAF 230/X) aircraft on 9 Jan, 1943 in position 32.22N, 26.54E was actually against the U-568 causing minor damage to that boat.

Wolfpack operations

U-577 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Stosstrupp (30 Oct 1941 - 1 Nov 1941)
   Raubritter (1 Nov 1941 - 8 Nov 1941)
   Störtebecker (17 Nov 1941 - 22 Nov 1941)

Attacks on this boat

29 Oct 1941
The boat was attacked by a Blenheim bomber in the North Atlantic, suffering slight damage.

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-577 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.