U-657
Type | VIIC | |||||
| Ordered | 9 Oct 1939 | |||||
| Laid down | 5 Oct 1940 | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 806) | ||||
| Launched | 12 Aug 1941 | |||||
| Commissioned | 8 Oct 1941 | Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Radke | ||||
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| Career | 7 patrols | 8 Oct 1941 - 28 Feb 1942 8. Flottille (training) 1 Mar 1942 - 30 Jun 1942 3. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jul 1942 - 17 May 1943 11. Flottille (front boat) | ||||
| Successes | 1 ship sunk for a total of 5,196 GRT | |||||
| Fate | Sunk 17 May, 1943 east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 58.54N, 42.33W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Swale. 47 dead (all hands lost). | |||||
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Previously recorded fate
(Last revised by FDS/NHB during June 1992. More on revised fates.
Sunk 14 May, 1943 east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 60.10N, 31.52W, by an American Catalina aircraft (Sqdn. VP-82/C) using air dropped MK 24 torpedo.
This attack was probably also against U-657 but did not inflict lethal damage.
Attacks on this boat
27 Apr 1942
The boat was damaged in an Allied air raid on the harbor at Trondheim, Norway. One crew member was injured.
14 May 1943
The boat was unsuccessfully attacked by an American Catalina aircraft (USN VP-84) east of Cape Farewell. (Sources: Kenneth Wynn)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
14 Dec 1941
Oblt. Hans-Jürgen Radke of U-657 was killed in a fire on the living quarters ship Black Prince on 14 Dec, 1941. That fire killed 28 men. The boat was still going through trials at the time.
14 Apr 1942
One men died in an accident in the shipyard at Trondheim, Norway. [Fähnrich zur See Alfred von Tirpitz]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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