U-220
Type | XB | |||
| Ordered | 6 Aug, 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 16 Jun, 1941 | Germaniawerft, Kiel (werk 626) | ||
| Launched | 16 Jan, 1943 | |||
| Commissioned | 27 Mar, 1943 | Oblt. Bruno Barber | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 27 Mar, 1943 - 31 Aug, 1943 4. Flottille (training) 1 Sep, 1943 - 28 Oct, 1943 12. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 2 ships sunk for a total of 7.199 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 28 Oct, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 48.53N, 33.30W by depth charges from two Avenger and Wildcat aircraft of the American escort carrier USS Block Island. 56 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 2 ships hit by U-220 - View the 1 war patrol
General notes on this boat
U-220 left Bergen, Norway on 8 Sept, 1943 for a mine-laying patrol. On 9 Oct, 1943 she laid 66 magnetic SMA mines outside of St. Johns (Canada). After that she only supplied U-603.
Men lost from the boat
16 Oct, 1943
Two men were lost overboard in the North Atlantic. [Bootsmaat Georg Koerner, Matrosenobergefreiter Gerhard Lange]. Thus only 54 men were on board when the boat was sunk 12 days later.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
Books dealing with this subject include: 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 |