U-60
Type | IIC | |||||||||||||||||
| Ordered | 21 Jul, 1937 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Oct, 1938 | Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 259) | ||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 1 Jun, 1939 | |||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Jul, 1939 | Oblt. Georg Schewe | ||||||||||||||||
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| Career | 9 patrols | 22 Jul, 1939 - 1 Oct, 1939 5. Flottille (training) 1 Oct, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939 5. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jan, 1940 - 18 Nov, 1940 1. Flottille (front boat) 19 Nov, 1940 - 1 Mar, 1945 21. Flottille (school boat) | ||||||||||||||||
| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 7.561 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 15.434 GRT | |||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled 2 May, 1945 at Wilhelmshaven. | |||||||||||||||||
See the 4 ships hit by U-60 - View the 9 war patrols
Attacks on this boat
1 Aug, 1940
On 1 Aug 1940 at 16.02 hrs, Dutch submarine O-21 (Lt. Cm. J.F. Van Dulm) spotted U-60 (Schnee) heading for Bergen. Thirteen minutes later, O-21 fired two torpedoes from 2000 range of meters, but both missed. U-60 was unaware of the attack. Later that day, at 18.00, O-22 (Lt. Cm. J.W. Ort), patrolling north of her sister ship, also spotted U-60, but range was too great for an attack. Next evening, U-60 was attacked off Hagesund in error by German Ju 88 aircraft of KG30 flying from Stavanger, Norway to raid the Orkneys, but the boat suffered no damages.
1 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-60 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
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 |
There was another U-60 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 5 Jul, 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 1 Nov, 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 60 during WWI.