U-613
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 15 Aug, 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 6 May, 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 589) | ||
| Launched | 29 Jan, 1942 | |||
| Commissioned | 12 Mar, 1942 | Kptlt. Helmut Köppe | ||
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| Career | 4 patrols | 12 Mar, 1942 - 31 Oct, 1942 8. Flottille (training) 1 Nov, 1942 - 23 Jul, 1943 3. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 2 ships sunk for a total of 8.087 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 23 July, 1943 in the mid-Atlantic south of the Azores, in position 35.32N, 28.36W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS George E. Badger. 48 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 2 ships hit by U-613 - View the 4 war patrols
Wolfpack operations
U-613 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Natter (1 Nov, 1942 - 8 Nov, 1942)
Habicht (12 Jan, 1943 - 19 Jan, 1943)
Haudegen (22 Jan, 1943 - 9 Feb, 1943)
Adler (7 Apr, 1943 - 12 Apr, 1943)
Meise (20 Apr, 1943 - 27 Apr, 1943)
Attacks on this boat
17 Nov, 1942
The new boat was attacked by a British Hudson bomber (Sqdn, 608, pilot J. B. R. Petrie) and seriously damaged. She managed to limp to France with assistance from other boats. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 113)
1 May, 1943
At 00.07 hours, the inbound boat was attacked by the British Wellington aircraft (172 Sqdn RAF/N, pilot Sgt P.W. Phillips) in the Bay of Biscay. The aircraft used Leigh Light to strafe its target and dropped six depth charges. The boat crash-dived and suffered only light damages, but the hydraulics and the port tyre of the aircraft had been damaged by AA fire and it crash-landed back at the base at Predannack, no casualties among the crew of six.
2 recorded attacks 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-613 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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