U-601
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 22 May, 1940 | |||||
| Laid down | 10 Feb, 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 577) | ||||
| Launched | 29 Oct, 1941 | |||||
| Commissioned | 18 Dec, 1941 | Oblt. Peter-Ottmar Grau | ||||
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| Career | 10 patrols | 18 Dec, 1941 - 30 Jun, 1942 5. Flottille (training) 1 Jul, 1942 - 31 May, 1943 11. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jun, 1943 - 25 Feb, 1944 13. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 8.819 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 25 Feb, 1944 in the Arctic Ocean north-west of Narvik, Norway, in position 70.26N, 12.40E, by depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 210/M). 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
See the 3 ships hit by U-601 - View the 10 war patrols
General notes on this boat
In August 1943 the boat rescued survivors from a Luftwaffe flying boat that had crashed into the sea. She brought them to Narvik, Norway on 28 August.
Men lost from the boat
4 May, 1943
The II WO on U-601 was killed in a machine gun misfire.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
 German U-Boat Losses During World War II Niestle, Axel Buy this title at amazon.co.uk See more sellers |
Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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 |