U-67
Type | IXC | |||||||
| Ordered | 7 Aug, 1939 | |||||||
| Laid down | 5 Apr, 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 986) | ||||||
| Launched | 30 Oct, 1940 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Jan, 1941 | Kptlt. Heinrich Bleichrodt (Oak Leaves) | ||||||
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| Career | 7 patrols | 22 Jan, 1941 - 31 Aug, 1941 2. Flottille (training) 1 Sep, 1941 - 16 Jul, 1943 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||
| Successes | 13 ships sunk for a total of 72.138 GRT 5 ships damaged for a total of 29.726 GRT | |||||||
| Fate | Sunk 16 Jul 1943 in the Sargasso Sea, in position 30.05N, 44.17W, by depth charges from an Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Core (VC-13). 48 dead and 3 survivors. | |||||||
See the 18 ships hit by U-67 - View the 7 war patrols
Wolfpack operations
U-67 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Wohlgemut (12 Mar, 1943 - 22 Mar, 1943)
Seerauber (22 Mar, 1943 - 30 Mar, 1943)
Attacks on this boat
30 Mar, 1942
The U-67 was attacked by a British submarine. Its torpedoes missed U-67 by 150 meters.
28 Mar, 1943
Wolfpack Seeräuber (Pirate) attacked small convoy RS 3 and during which 3 ships were sunk and 3 U-boats (of 8) seriously damaged. U-67 was hit by aerial depth charges and was seriously damaged. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 204)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
27 Oct, 1942
After an explosion during torpedo loading on the U-67 one man was killed. [Matrosenobergefreiter Heinz Hartmann]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 Torpedoes in the Gulf, Wiggins, Melanie, 1995 U-Boat Adventures, Wiggins, Melanie, 1999 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 |
There was another U-67 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 15 May, 1915 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 4 Aug, 1915. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 67 during WWI.