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

Commanders

6 Mar 1941	-	24 Aug 1941	Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche (German Cross in Gold)
25 Aug 1941	-	15 Jul 1942	Oblt. Ernst Cordes (German Cross in Gold)
16 Jul 1942	-	31 Aug 1943	Kptlt. Konstantin von Rappard
1 Sep 1943	-	12 Dec 1943	Oblt. Helmut Wicke
13 Dec 1943	-	3 May 1945	Oblt. Paul Jacobs

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. Wreck broken up in 1946.

Final location

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. This can not be confirmed from primary sources and apparently the fate of U-580 was mixed up with the career of U-560.

* 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.