U-612

Type

VIIC

Ordered

15 Aug 1940

Laid down

21 Apr 1941

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 588)

Launched

9 Jan 1942

Commissioned

5 Mar 1942

Oblt. Paul Siegmann

Commanders

5 Mar 1942	-	6 Aug 1942	Kptlt. Paul Siegmann (German Cross in Gold)
31 May 1943	-	20 Feb 1944	Oblt. Theodor Petersen (German Cross in Gold)
21 Feb 1944	-	1 May 1945	Oblt. Hans-Peter Dick

Career
No patrols

5 Mar 1942	-	6 Aug 1942	5. Flottille (training)
31 May 1943	-	28 Feb 1945	24. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1945	-	1 May 1945	31. Flottille (training)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Sank on 6 August 1942 in the Baltic Sea north-east of Leba, in position 55.03N, 18.05E, after a collision with U-444. 2 dead and 43 survivors.

Raised on 18 August 1942, repaired at the Holmwerft in Danzig and returned to service on 31 May 1943 as a training boat.

Scuttled on 1 May 1945 in the U-boat base at Warnemünde, in position 54.10,3N, 12.05,7E. Wreck raised in July 1945 and broken up.

Final location

Men lost from the boat

6 Aug 1942
During working up exercises in the Baltic U-612 sank after colliding with U-444. Two men from U-612 died. The boat was later raised and used for training. [Obermaschinist Wilhelm Merz, Maschinenobergefreiter Gerhard Ehrlich] (The I WO, Herbert A. Werner, described this event in his book Iron Coffins)

Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -