U-160
Type | IXC | |||||
| Ordered | 23 Dec, 1939 | |||||
| Laid down | 21 Nov, 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1010) | ||||
| Launched | 12 Jul, 1941 | |||||
| Commissioned | 16 Oct, 1941 | Oblt. Georg Lassen (Oak Leaves) | ||||
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| Career | 5 patrols | 16 Oct, 1941 - 28 Feb, 1942 4. Flottille (training) 1 Mar, 1942 - 14 Jul, 1943 10. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 26 ships sunk for a total of 156.082 GRT 5 ships damaged for a total of 34.419 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 14 Jul 1943 south of the Azores, in position 33.54N, 27.13W, by aerial torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (from VC-29) of the US escort carrier USS Santee. 57 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
See the 31 ships hit by U-160 - View the 5 war patrols
Attacks on this boat
16 Oct, 1942
While attacking a small convoy and sinking 1 small ship and damaging another larger the boat was attacked by its escorts but without heavy damages. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 53.)
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
14 Dec, 1941
U-160 lost 7 men dead and one wounded in a fire at Danzig during the boatīs working up exercises. [Maschinenmaat Melchior Schwipp, Matrosengefreiter August Männel, Matrosengefreiter Heinrich Meckenstock]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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Books dealing with this subject include: The Approaching Storm, Chewning, Alpheus J., 1994 German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |