Your U-boat pictures

[U796]

U-592 (Type VIIC)



Sunk at 1000hrs on 31 Jan, 1944 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 50.20N, 17.29W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling, HMS Wild Goose and HMS Magpie. 49 dead (all hands lost).

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U-593 (Type VIIC)



Sunk 13 Dec, 1943 after a 32 hour-chase in the western Mediterranean in Bougie Bay, in position 37.38N, 05.58E, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Wainwright and the British escort destroyer HMS Calpe. 51 survivors (No casualties).


U-595 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 14 Nov, 1942 in the Mediterranean north-east of Oran, in position 36.38N, 00.30E, by depth charges from 2 British Hudson aircraft (Sqdn. 608/C and D). 45 survivors (No casualties).

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U-596 (Type VIIC)





Scuttled on 24 Sept, 1944 in the Mediterranean in Skaramanga Bay, near Salamis in position 37.59N, 23.34E, after being damaged by US bombs. 1 dead, unknown number of survivors.

U-597 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 12 Oct, 1942 south-west of Iceland, in position 56.50N, 28.05W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 120/H). 49 dead (all hands lost).


U-600 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 25 Nov, 1943 in the North Atlantic north of Ponta Delgada, in position 40.31N, 22.07W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bazely and HMS Blackwood. 54 dead (all hands lost).

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U-601 (Type VIIC)

Bear Island in Artic Ocean

A little fresh meat on the menu

Sunk 25 Feb, 1944 in the Arctic Ocean north-west of Narvik, Norway, in position 70.26N, 12.40E, by depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 210/M). 51 dead (all hands lost).

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U-604 (Type VIIC)







Scuttled 11 Aug, 1943 in the South Atlantic, in position 04.30S, 21.20W, after being badly damaged by depth charges from 2 American aircraft, a Ventura (VB-129) and a Liberator (VB-107). 14 dead and 31 survivors.

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U-605 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 14 Nov, 1942 in the Mediterranean near Algiers, in position 36.20N, 01.01W, by depth charges from a British Hudson aircraft (Sqdn 233/B). 46 dead (all hands lost).

U-608 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 10 Aug, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle, in position 46.30N, 03.08W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Wren and by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 53/C). 52 survivors (No casualties).


U-609 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 7 Feb, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 55.17N, 26.38W, by depth charges from the Free French corvette Lobelia. 47 dead (all hands lost).

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U-615 (Type VIIC)

Sunk 7 Aug, 1943 in the Caribbean Sea south-east of Curaquo, in position 12.38N, 64.15W, by depth charges from US 6 Mariner and 1 Ventura aircraft. 4 dead and 43 survivors.


U-616 (Type VIIC)

Scuttled on 17 May, 1944 in the Mediterranean east of Cartagena, in position 36.46N, 00.52E, after fatal damages from depth charges from the US destroyers USS Nields, USS Gleaves, USS Ellyson, USS Macomb, USS Hambleton, USS Rodman and USS Emmons, and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 36/K), in a 3 day-long action. 53 survivors (No casualties).

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U-617 (Type VIIC)





Ran aground under British aerial attack by Hudons (Sqdn 48 and 233) and 2 Swordfish aircraft (FAA Sqdn 833 and 886) on 12 Sept, 1943 in the Mediterranean near Melilla, in position 35.38N, 03.27W. Wreck destroyed by gunfire from the British corvette HMS Hyacinth and the Australian minesweeper HMAS Wollongong. 49 survivors (No casualties).

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U-618 (Type VIIC)


Sunk 14 Aug, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, in position 47.22N, 04.39W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Duckworth and HMS Essington, and by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 53/G). 61 dead (all hands lost).

[U796]

Ok

It's over for today.
A bientôt

[kurfürst]

Tres, tres bien, U-796!

Mes compliments pour votre bonne travaille!

Chapeau, Kurfürst

[W_clear]

Thanks .U796.


I very like it .

[Dekessey]

Super!

Merci de partager, excellente source d'info.

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U-621 (Type VIIC U-Flack)

Sunk 18 Aug, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle, in position 45.52N, 02.36W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers HMCS Ottawa, HMCS Kootenay and HMCS Chaudiere. 56 dead (all hands lost).


U-622 (Type VIIC)



Sunk at 1400hrs on 24 July, 1943 near Trondheim, in position 63.27N, 10.23E, by US bombs during an air raid (8. USAAF).

[FIREWALL]

" YEP ! That's what happens when you flush the Toilet at depth "