U-512

Type

IXC

 
Ordered20 Oct 1939
Laid down 24 Feb 1941 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 308)
Launched9 Oct 1941
Commissioned20 Dec 1941Kptlt. Wolfgang Schultze
Commanders
20 Dec 1941 - 2 Oct 1942  Kptlt. Wolfgang Schultze
Career1 patrol 20 Dec 1941 - 31 Aug 1942  4. Flottille (training)
1 Sep 1942 - 2 Oct 1942  10. Flottille (front boat)
Successes3 ships sunk for a total of 20,619 GRT
Fate

Sunk 2 Oct, 1942 north of Cayenne, in position 06.50N, 52.25W, by depth charges from an American B-18 A aircraft (US Army Bomb. Sqdn. 99). 51 dead and 1 survivor

See the 3 ships hit by U-512 - View the 1 war patrol

General notes on this boat

2 Oct 1942. The sole survivor, Matrosengefreiter Franz Machen, spent 10 days on a life raft which the aircraft dropped to his aid before being rescued by the US destroyer USS Ellis (DD-154). He survived partly by killing and eating seabirds that attacked him while he lay exposed on the raft.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-512 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



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.