U-560
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||
| Ordered | 16 Oct 1939 | |||||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Feb 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 536) | ||||||||||
| Launched | 10 Jan 1941 | |||||||||||
| Commissioned | 6 Mar 1941 | Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche | ||||||||||
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| Career | No patrols | 6 Mar 1941 - 30 Nov 1943 24. Flottille (training) 1 Dec 1943 - 28 Feb 1945 22. Flottille (school boat) 1 Mar 1945 - 3 May 1945 31. Flottille (training) | ||||||||||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 3 May, 1945 at Kiel. Broken up in 1946. | |||||||||||
Some sources* claim that U-560 was sunk in November 1941 in the Baltic Sea near Memel, position unknown, after a collision and was also raised in 1941. No serious sources exist to back up this story.
We believe, that after the war the fate of U-580 was confused with a number of another U-boat.
* Last seen in Paul Kemp: U-boats destroyed (see review). He even places this accident in November 1940, which is absolutely impossible.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-560 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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