U-567

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered24 Oct 1939
Laid down 27 Apr 1940 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 543)
Launched6 Mar 1941
Commissioned24 Apr 1941Kptlt. Theodor Fahr
Commanders
24 Apr 1941 - 14 Oct 1941   Theodor Fahr
15 Oct 1941 - 21 Dec 1941  Kptlt. Engelbert Endrass (Knights Cross)
Career3 patrols 24 Apr 1941 - 1 Aug 1941  3. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1941 - 31 Oct 1941  3. Flottille (front boat)
1 Nov 1941 - 21 Dec 1941  7. Flottille (front boat)
Successes2 ships sunk for a total of 6,809 GRT
Fate

Sunk 21 Dec, 1941 in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 44.02N, 20.10W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Deptford and the British corvette HMS Samphire. 47 dead (all hands lost).

See the 2 ships hit by U-567 - View the 3 war patrols

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-567 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



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.