U-570
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 24 Oct, 1939 | |||
| Laid down | 21 May, 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 546) | ||
| Launched | 20 Mar, 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 15 May, 1941 | Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Rahmlow | ||
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| Career | 1 patrol | 15 May, 1941 - 1 Aug, 1941 3. Flottille (training) 1 Aug, 1941 - 27 Aug, 1941 3. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||
| Fate | Captured by Britain on 27 Aug, 1941 in the North Atlantic south of Iceland, in position 62.15N, 18.35W, after being damaged by a British Hudson aircraft (Sqdn. 269/S). Towed to Thorlaks-hafn, Iceland and salvaged. 44 survivors (No casualties). | |||
The boat became the British submarine HMS Graph on 19 Sept, 1941. Taken out of service in February 1944. Stricken from records on 20 March, 1944 after running aground near Islay. Broken up in 1961.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-570 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: Czarne dni U-Bootwaffe, Perepeczko, Andrzej, 1961  The Führer Led But We Overtook Him, Durham, Phil, 1996 German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 The Gironde Incident, Hughes, Michael, 1983 (transl.) His Majesty's U-boat, Reeman, Douglas, 1973 HM U-Boat, Drummond, John D., 1958 (transl.) Przyjaciel z Barcelony, MacKay, Scott, 1998 U-700, Follett, James, 1992 (transl.) 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 |