U-65

Type

IXB

 
Ordered16 Jul 1937
Laid down 6 Dec 1938 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 953)
Launched6 Nov 1939
Commissioned15 Feb 1940Kptlt. Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen (Knights Cross)
Commanders
15 Feb 1940 - 24 Mar 1941  KrvKpt. Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen (Knights Cross)
25 Mar 1941 - 28 Apr 1941  Kptlt. Joachim Hoppe
Career6 patrols 15 Feb 1940 - 1 Apr 1940  2. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1940 - 28 Apr 1941  2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes12 ships sunk for a total of 66,174 GRT
3 ships damaged for a total of 22,490 GRT
Fate

Sunk 28 April, 1941 in the North Atlantic south-east of Iceland in position 59.51N, 15.30W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Douglas. 50 dead (all hands lost).

See the 15 ships hit by U-65 - View the 6 war patrols

Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by FDS/NHB during June 1986. More on revised fates.

Sunk 28 Apr 1941 southeast of Iceland, in position 60.04N, 15.45W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Gladiolus.

This attack was actually against U-96 inflicting no damage.

Wolfpack operations

U-65 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Without name (30 Aug 1940 - 9 Sep 1940)
   Without name (20 Sep 1940 - 22 Sep 1940)

Attacks on this boat

13 Apr 1940
During the Norway invasion the brand-new U-65 attacked a group of British destroyers but his torpedoes failed and the destroyers attacked the boat causing some damages. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 151)

1 recorded attack 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-65 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.


We have an emblem for this boat!

You can view it here. (The emblem on the left is not the emblem for this boat).



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 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.
U-Boats at War. Showell, Jak P. Mallmann, 2001.


There was another U-65 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Mar 1916 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 11 May 1916. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 65 during WWI.