U-620

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered15 Aug 1940
Laid down19 Jun 1941 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 596)
Launched9 Mar 1942
Commissioned30 Apr 1942Oblt. Heinz Stein
Commanders
30 Apr 1942 - 13 Feb 1943  Kptlt. Heinz Stein
Career
2 patrols
30 Apr 1942-30 Sep 1942  8. Flottille (training)
1 Oct 1942-13 Feb 1943  3. Flottille (front boat)
Successes1 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).

See the 1 ships hit by U-620 - View the 2 war patrols

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 -



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.