U-600
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 22 May 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 25 Jan 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 576) | ||
| Launched | 16 Oct 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 11 Dec 1941 | Kptlt. Bernhard Zurmühlen | ||
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| Career | 6 patrols | 11 Dec 1941 - 31 Jul 1942 5. Flottille (training) 1 Aug 1942 - 25 Nov 1943 3. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 5 ships sunk for a total of 28,600 GRT 3 ships damaged for a total of 19,230 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 25 Nov, 1943 in the North Atlantic north of Ponta Delgada, in position 40.31N, 22.07W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bazely and HMS Blackwood. 54 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 8 ships hit by U-600 - View the 6 war patrols
Wolfpack operations
U-600 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Draufgänger (1 Dec 1942 - 11 Dec 1942)
Raufbold (15 Dec 1942 - 22 Dec 1942)
Knappen (18 Feb 1943 - 26 Feb 1943)
Raubgraf (7 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
Drossel (30 Apr 1943 - 9 May 1943)
Attacks on this boat
14 Jun 1943
At 20.15 hours, a group of 3 outbound boats (U-257, U-600 and U-615) was strafed by the British Fortress aircraft FK212 (220 Sqdn RAF/V, pilot F/O C.F. Callender) in the Bay of Biscay. U-600 and U-615 observed AA hits on the aircraft and claimed it as shot down, but the Fortress was apparently finished off by a German Ju88C fighter (15./KG 40, pilot Lt Lothar Wolff) about 90km northwest of Cape Ortegal at 20.40 hours. All nine crewmen were lost. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman/Goss)
16 Jun 1943
At 09.04 hours, a group of 3 outbound boats was attacked by the British Liberator Mk.V aircraft FL973 (59 Sqdn RAF/C, pilot F/O E.E. Allen, RCAF) northwest of Cape Finisterre. The aircraft dropped six depth charges on U-600 in the centre and caused minor damages, but was hit four times by AA fire from all boats. Strafing from the rear gunner killed one crewman [Matrosengefreiter Georg Laub]. As the pilot flew away to examine the damages, the boats began to dive. The aircraft dropped its remaining depth charges ahead of the swirl of the starboard boat before leaving for the base. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
16 Jun 1943
Aircraft H from RAF Squadron 547 attacked the boat killing one man. The gunners managed to bring the aircraft down. [Matrosengefreiter Georg Laub]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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