U-606
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 22 May 1940 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 12 Mar 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 582) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 27 Nov 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Jan 1942 | Oblt. Hans Klatt | ||||||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 20,527 GRT 2 ships damaged for a total of 21,925 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 22 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 47.44N, 33.43W, by depth charges from the US coastguard cutter USS Campbell and the Polish destroyer Burza. 36 dead and 11 survivors. | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-606 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Puma (26 Oct 1942 - 29 Oct 1942)
Natter (30 Oct 1942 - 8 Nov 1942)
Kreuzotter (8 Nov 1942 - 24 Nov 1942)
Falke (8 Jan 1943 - 19 Jan 1943)
Haudegen (19 Jan 1943 - 15 Feb 1943)
Attacks on this boat
21 Sep 1942
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:Norwegian Catalina Mk.III FP525 (330 Sqdn RAF/Z, pilot Lt C.J.A. Stansburg)
At 11.14 hours, the boat was attacked by the Catalina astern of convoy QP-14 northeast of Jan Mayen Island. The aircraft was hit by AA fire during the attack run and its four depth charges fell wide, causing only minor damages to the boat. Two crewmen of the Catalina had been wounded and one engine and the petrol tanks were hit, so they had to make a forced landing near the convoy. The crew was rescued by HMS Marne.
(Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)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-606 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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