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| Ordered | 21 Jul 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1938 | Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel (werk 259) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched | 1 Jun 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Jul 1939 | Oblt. Georg Schewe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career 9 patrols |
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| Successes | 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 7,561 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 15,434 GRT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled 2 May, 1945 at Wilhelmshaven. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attacks on this boat
1 Aug 1940
16.02 hrs, North Sea East of Scotland: Dutch submarine O-21 (Lt. Cm. J.F. Van Dulm) sighted U-60 (Schnee) en route for Bergen. Thirteen minutes later, O-21 fired two torpedoes from 2000 metres, but both missed. U-60 was unaware of the attack. Later that day, at 18.00 hrs, O-22 (Lt. Cm. J.W. Ort), patrolling north of her sister ship, also sighted U-60, but the range was too great for an attack. On the evening of the 2nd, U-60 was attacked off Hagesund by German Ju 88 aircraft of KG30 flying from Stavanger, Norway to raid the Orkneys, but the boat suffered no 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-60 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 4 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
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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.