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Old 04-12-09, 09:47 AM   #211
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U-532 (Type IXC-40)


Surrendered at Liverpool on 10 May, 1945. Transferred to Loch Ryan for Operation Deadlight.
U-534 (Type IXC-40)



Sunk 5 May, 1945 in the Kattegat north-west of Helsingör, in position 56.39N, 11.48E, by 10 depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 86/G). 3 dead and 49 survivors.

The U-534 was raised in the Kattegat, out of Denmark, in 1993 and almost ended up in a scrap yard before being taken over by the Warship Preservation Trust.
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Old 04-12-09, 09:49 AM   #212
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Bundesarchiv said : "Frankreich, Lorient.- U-Boot U 31 auf Slipp"

I agree with you, this is not a type VIIA
Can you identified this U-Boat Type II ?
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Several Type II U-boats visited Lorient in the late summer and fall of 1940, according to the individual patrol records at uboat.net.

Type IIC: U-56, U-57, U-58, U-59, U-60, and U-61

Type IID: U-137, U-138

I cannot really tell from the photo which of these it might have been.

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U-535 (Type IXC-40)

Sunk 5 July, 1943 in position 43.38N, 09.13W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 53/G). 55 dead (all hands lost).

U-537 (Type IXC-40)

Sunk 9 Nov, 1944 in the Java Sea east of Surabaya, in position 07.13S, 115.17E, by torpedoes from the US submarine USS Flounder. 58 dead (all hands lost).

U-540 (Type IXC-40)

Sunk 17 Oct, 1943 east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 58.38N, 31.56W, by depth charges from 2 British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 59/D & 120/H). 55 dead (all hands lost).

U-541 (Type IXC-40)


Surrendered at Gibraltar on 14 May, 1945. Transferred to Lisahally for Operation Deadlight.
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Old 04-12-09, 10:24 AM   #214
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U-544 (Type IXC-40)



Sunk 16 Jan, 1944 in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 40.30N, 37.20W, by depth charges and rockets from Avenger aircraft (VC-13) of the US escort carrier USS Guadalcanal. 57 dead (all hands lost).
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Several Type II U-boats visited Lorient in the late summer and fall of 1940, according to the individual patrol records at uboat.net.

Type IIC: U-56, U-57, U-58, U-59, U-60, and U-61

Type IID: U-137, U-138

I cannot really tell from the photo which of these it might have been.

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After looking at the pictures, it can not have been U-56, U-57, U-58, since they did not have the wire cutters.

It could have been U-59, U-61, since the wire cutters can clearly be seen in their pictures.

U-60, U-137 or U-138 I can't tell, since the bow of the U-boat is not visible in the pictures.

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U-550 (Type IXC-40)

The tanker Pan Pennsylvania on fire, his only victory before being destroyed itself


Sunk 16 April, 1944 in the North Atlantic in position 40.09N, 69.44W, by depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer escorts USS Gandy, USS Joyce and USS Peterson. 44 dead and 12 survivors.

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This would suggest it is a Type IID:



See that it has wirecutters not only above the water line, but also under, at the torpedo tubes?
The boat in the picture also has that, but the Type IIC didn't, according to Uboat.net:

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U-551 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 23 March, 1941 in the North Atlantic south-east of Iceland, in position 62.37N, 16.47W, by depth charges from the British ASW trawler HMS Visenda. 45 dead (all hands lost).
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This would suggest it is a Type IID:

See that it has wirecutters not only above the water line, but also under, at the torpedo tubes?
The boat in the picture also has that, but the Type IIC didn't, according to Uboat.net:
I agree with you.
I think it's U-138 (Type IID)
U-Boat.net said :
26 Sep, 1940
A few hours before reaching her base at Lorient, U-138 encountered the British submarine HMS Tribune which fired four torpedoes towards the German sub. None hit the U-boat, which escaped and reached its base.
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U-552 (Type VIIC)







The GREAT Erich TOPP
35 ships sunk for a total of 197,460 GRT
1 warship sunk for a total of 1,190 tons
4 ships damaged for a total of 32,317 GRT
In March 1958 he rejoined the Navy. He then spent four years in the USA as a staff member of the Military Committee of NATO
He died on Dec 26 2005. He was "Konteradmiral"





The red devils crossed by a shell

Scuttled on 2 May, 1945 at Wilhelmshaven
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U-553 (Type VIIC)



Missing, presumed sunk, in the mid North Atlantic after going missing in January 1943. 47 dead (all hands lost).

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U-554 (Type VIIC)



Scuttled on 2 May 1945 near Wilhelmshaven


U-555 (Type VIIC)


Stricken at Hamburg in March, 1945. Surrendered to Britain. Broken up
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U-556 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 27 June, 1941 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Nasturtium, HMS Celandine and HMS Gladiolus. 5 dead and 41 survivors.

U-557 (Type VIIC)





Sank at 2144hrs on 16 Dec, 1941 in the Mediterranean west of Crete after ramming by the Italian torpedo boat Orione. 43 dead (all hands lost).
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U-558 (Type VIIC)



Sunk 20 July, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain by depth charges from a British Halifax and a US Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 58/E, 19th A/S USAAF/F). 45 dead and 5 survivors.

U-559 (Type VIIC)
Sunk 30 Oct, 1942 in the Mediterranean north-east of Port Said by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Pakenham, HMS Petard and HMS Hero and the British escort destroyers HMS Dulverton and HMS Hurworth, and a British Short Sunderland aircraft from RAF 47 Sqn. 7 dead and 38 survivors.
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U-560 (Type VIIC)

Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Kiel. Broken up in 1946.

U-561 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 12 July, 1943 in the Straits of Messina, in position 38.16N, 15.39E, by torpedoes from the British MTB 81. 42 dead and 5 survivors.


U-563 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 31 May, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay south-west of Brest, in position 46.35N, 10.40W, by depth charges from 2 British and 1 Australian Handley Page Halifax and Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn 58/R, 228/X, RAAF 10/E). 49 dead (all hands lost).
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