List of all U-boats
U-631
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 5 Sep 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 607) | ||||||||
| Launched | 27 May 1942 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 16 Jul 1942 | Oblt. Jürgen Krüger | ||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 2 ships sunk, total tonnage 9,136 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 17 October 1943 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 58.13N, 32.29W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Sunflower. 54 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-631 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Falke (28 Dec 1942 - 19 Jan 1943)
Landsknecht (19 Jan 1943 - 28 Jan 1943)
Stürmer (11 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
Seewolf (21 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943)
Meise (11 Apr 1943 - 27 Apr 1943)
Rossbach (27 Sep 1943 - 9 Oct 1943)
Schlieffen (14 Oct 1943 - 17 Oct 1943)
Attacks on this boat and other events
20 Mar 1943
The target of the attack by a Sunderland flying boat (RAF Sqdn 201/T) on 20 March 1943 in position 54.18N, 26.15W credited with sinking U-384 was in fact U-631, which escaped unscathed. (Sources: 1975-06-01, FDS/NHB)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
8 Oct 1943
The commander broke his hand in an accident while on patrol.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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