Английская Википедия:German submarine U-561
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German submarine U-561 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 28 February 1940 by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg as yard number 537, launched on 23 January 1941 and commissioned on 13 March 1941 under Kapitänleutnant Robert Bartels (German Cross in Gold).
Design
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-561 had a displacement of Шаблон:Convert when at the surface and Шаблон:Convert while submerged.Шаблон:Sfn She had a total length of Шаблон:Convert, a pressure hull length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert, a height of Шаблон:Convert, and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of Шаблон:Convert for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two Шаблон:Convert propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of Шаблон:Convert and a maximum submerged speed of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn When submerged, the boat could operate for Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert; when surfaced, she could travel Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. U-561 was fitted with five Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one [[8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun|Шаблон:Convert SK C/35 naval gun]], 220 rounds, and a [[2 cm FlaK 30|Шаблон:Convert C/30]] anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.Шаблон:Sfn
Service history
The boat's service began on 13 March 1941 with training as part of the 1st U-boat Flotilla. During late July 1941, U-561, along with 9 other German and Italian submarines, attacked convoy OG 69 en route from Liverpool to Gibraltar. U-561 torpedoed and sank the 1,884 GRT British freighter Wrotham.
In November 1941, while travelling across the Atlantic ocean, she sunk two boats from convoy SC 53, the Meridian and the Cruisader.
She was transferred to the 23rd flotilla on 1 February 1942. In 15 patrols she sank five ships for a total of Шаблон:GRT, plus one ship damaged and a second a total loss.
She was sunk by torpedoes fired from Royal Navy's HMS MTB-81 on 12 July 1943 at position Шаблон:Coord in the Straits of Messina.Шаблон:Sfn
Wolfpacks
She took part in two wolfpacks, namely:
- Bosemüller (28 August – 2 September 1941)
- Seewolf (2 – 15 September 1941)
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 1941 | Wrotham | Шаблон:Flag | 1,884 | Sunk |
| 11 November 1941 | Meridian | Шаблон:Flag | 5,592 | Sunk |
| 14 November 1941 | Crusader | Шаблон:Flag | 2,939 | Sunk |
| 14 May 1942 | Fred | Шаблон:Flag | 4,043 | Damaged (mine) |
| 14 May 1942 | Hav | Шаблон:Flag | 5,062 | Total loss (mine) |
| 14 May 1942 | Mount Olympus | Шаблон:Flag | 6,692 | Sunk (mine) |
| 24 September 1942 | Sphinx | Шаблон:Flag | 39 | Sunk |
References
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External links
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