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U-61

Type

IIC

 
Ordered21 Jul, 1937
Laid down 1 Oct, 1938 Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 260)
Launched15 Jun, 1939
Commissioned12 Aug, 1939Oblt. Jürgen Oesten (Knights Cross)
Commanders
12 Aug, 1939 - 28 Jul, 1940  Oblt. Jürgen Oesten (Knights Cross)
28 Jul, 1940 - 5 Nov, 1940   Wolf-Harro Stiebler
5 Nov, 1940 - 4 May, 1941   Willy Mattke
5 May, 1941 - 15 Jan, 1942   Hans Lange
16 Jan, 1942 - 9 Nov, 1942  Oblt. Horst Geider
10 Nov, 1942 - 15 Sep, 1943  Oblt. Wolfgang Ley
16 Sep, 1943 - 1 Dec, 1944  Oblt. Rudolf Schultze
2 Dec, 1944 - Mar, 1945  Oblt. Werner Zapf
Career10 patrols 12 Aug, 1939 - 31 Oct, 1939  5. Flottille (training)
1 Nov, 1939 - 31 Dec, 1939  5. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan, 1940 - 14 Nov, 1940  1. Flottille (front boat)
15 Nov, 1940 - 1 Mar, 1945  21. Flottille (school boat)
Successes5 ships sunk for a total of 19.668 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 4.434 GRT
Fate

Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 at Wilhelmshaven.

See the 6 ships hit by U-61 - View the 10 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-61 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II
Niestle, Axel

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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-61 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Jul, 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 2 Dec, 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 61 during WWI.