U-612

Type

VIIC

Ordered

15 Aug, 1940

Laid down

21 Apr, 1941

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 588)

Launched

9 Jan, 1942

Commissioned

5 Mar, 1942

Oblt. Paul Siegmann

Commanders

5 Mar, 1942 - 6 Aug, 1942	Kptlt. Paul Siegmann
31 May, 1943 - 20 Feb, 1944	Oblt. Theodor Petersen
21 Feb, 1944 - 2 May, 1945	Oblt. Hans-Peter Dick

Career

No patrols

5 Mar, 1942 - 6 Aug, 1942  5. Flottille (training)
31 May, 1943 - 28 Feb, 1945  24. Flottille (training)
1 Mar, 1945 - 2 May, 1945  31. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Sunk on 6 Aug, 1942 near Gotenhafen, after a collision with U-444. 2 dead and 43 survivors.

Raised in August 1942 and returned to service on 31 May, 1943 as a training boat.

Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 at Warnemünde, in position 54.11N, 12.05E. Wreck broken up in 1946.

Men lost from the boat

6 Aug, 1942
During training in the Baltic U-612 collided with U-444 killing two men from U-612 which sank to the seabed. The boat was later raised and used for training. [Obermaschinist Wilhelm Merz, Maschinenobergefreiter Gerhard Ehrlich] (The I WO Herbert A. Werner described the loss in his book ´Iron Coffins´)

Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -