U-620

Type

VIIC

Ordered

15 Aug, 1940

Laid down

19 Jun, 1941

Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 596)

Launched

9 Mar, 1942

Commissioned

30 Apr, 1942

Oblt. Heinz Stein

Commanders

30 Apr, 1942 - 13 Feb, 1943

Kptlt. Heinz Stein

Career

2 patrols

30 Apr, 1942 - 30 Sep, 1942 8. Flottille (training)
1 Oct, 1942 - 13 Feb, 1943 3. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

1 ship sunk for a total of 6.983 GRT

Fate

Sunk 13 Feb, 1943 north-west of Lisbon, Portugal, in position 39.18N, 11.17W, by 5 depth charges from a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. 202/J). 47 dead (all hands lost).

See the 1 ships hit by U-620 - View the 2 war patrols

Previously recorded fate (Last revised by FDS/NHB during September 1988). More on revised fates

The attack by the British Catalina aircraft (RAF 202/J) on 14 Feb, 1943 in position 39.27N, 11.34W, formerly credited with the loss U-620 was instead against the U-381 causing no damages to that boat.

Wolfpack operations

U-620 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Panther (10 Oct, 1942 - 14 Oct, 1942)

Attacks on this boat

12 Oct, 1942
Escorts from convoy ON(S) 136 hunted the boat for six hours but he managed to escape. Date is approximate. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 39.)

24 Oct, 1942
An unknown land-based aircraft attacked and seriously damaged the boat while she was hunting convoy ON 139. The boat aborted the convoy attack and went to a new area. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 43.)

10 Nov, 1942
One seaman from U-620 was killed in another air attack. [Bootsmaat Josef Leisten]

3 recorded attacks on this boat.