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U-801

Type

IXC/40

 
Ordered7 Dec, 1940
Laid down 30 Sep, 1941 Seebeck, Bremen (werk 359)
Launched31 Oct, 1942
Commissioned24 Mar, 1943Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Brans
Commanders
24 Mar, 1943 - 17 Mar, 1944  Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Brans
Career2 patrols 24 Mar, 1943 - 31 Oct, 1943  4. Flottille (training)
1 Nov, 1943 - 17 Mar, 1944  2. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 17 March, 1944 in the mid-Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands, in position 16.42N, 30.28W, by a Fido homing torpedo from 2 Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Block Island and depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer USS Corry and the US destroyer escort USS Bronstein. 10 dead and 47 survivors.

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Attacks on this boat

16 Mar, 1944
The boat was attacked by an Avenger aircraft from the escort carrier USS Block Island in the Mid Atlantic. One man died and 9 men were wounded. The U-boat was sunk the next day. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 535)

1 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

16 Mar, 1944
The boat was attacked by an Avenger aircraft from the escort carrier USS Block Island in the Mid Atlantic. One man died and 9 men were wounded. The U-boat was sunk the next day.

  Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -



German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel

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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 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