U-620
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 19 Jun 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 596) | ||||||||
| Launched | 9 Mar 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 30 Apr 1942 | Oblt. Heinz Stein | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 6,983 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 13 Feb, 1943 north-west of Lisbon, Portugal, in position 39.18N, 11.17W, by 5 depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 202/J). 47 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by FDS/NHB during September 1988. More on revised fates.)
The attack by the British Catalina aircraft (RAF 202/J) on 14 Feb, 1943 in position 39.27N, 11.34W, formerly credited with the loss U-620 was instead against the U-381 causing no damages to that boat.
Wolfpack operations
U-620 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Luchs (27 Sep 1942 - 6 Oct 1942)
Panther (6 Oct 1942 - 11 Oct 1942)
Leopard (12 Oct 1942 - 19 Oct 1942)
Südwärts (24 Oct 1942 - 26 Oct 1942)
Delphin (26 Dec 1942 - 13 Feb 1943)
Attacks on this boat
12 Oct 1942
Escorts from convoy ON(S) 136 hunted the boat for six hours but he managed to escape. Date is approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 39.)
24 Oct 1942
An unknown land-based aircraft attacked and seriously damaged the boat while she was hunting convoy ON 139. The boat aborted the convoy attack and went to a new area. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 43.)
10 Nov 1942
One seaman from U-620 was killed in another air attack. [Bootsmaat Josef Leisten]
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
10 Nov 1942
One seaman from U-620 was killed in another air attack. [Bootsmaat Josef Leisten]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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