List of all U-boats
U-613
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 6 May 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 589) | ||||||||
| Launched | 29 Jan 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 12 Mar 1942 | Kptlt. Helmut Köppe | ||||||||
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| Career 4 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 8,087 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 23 July, 1943 in the mid-Atlantic south of the Azores, in position 35.32N, 28.36W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS George E. Badger. 48 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-613 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Natter (2 Nov 1942 - 8 Nov 1942)
Westwall (8 Nov 1942 - 18 Nov 1942)
Habicht (10 Jan 1943 - 19 Jan 1943)
Haudegen (19 Jan 1943 - 9 Feb 1943)
Adler (7 Apr 1943 - 13 Apr 1943)
Meise (13 Apr 1943 - 25 Apr 1943)
Attacks on this boat and other events
17 Nov 1942
The new boat was attacked by a British Hudson bomber (Sqdn, 608, pilot J. B. R. Petrie) and seriously damaged. She managed to limp to France with assistance from other boats. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 113)
1 May 1943
00.07 hrs, off the Bay of Biscay: the inbound boat was attacked by a British Wellington (172 Sqdn RAF/N, pilot Sgt P.W. Phillips). The aircraft used Leigh Light to strafe its target and dropped six depth charges. U-613 escaped with minor damage, but the aircraft hydraulics and port tyre were damaged by AA fire. The crew of six escaped uninjured from a crash-landing at its base at Predannack.
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-613 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat! See the emblem page for this boat or view each one below.
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