Английская Википедия:German submarine U-569
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsШаблон:Infobox service recordGerman submarine U-569 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She carried out nine patrols, sank one ship of Шаблон:GRT and damaged one other of 4,458 GRT.
She was a member of 15 wolfpacks.
She was attacked by US carrier-borne aircraft from Шаблон:USS in mid-Atlantic on 22 May 1943 and surrendered, but was scuttled and abandoned when help arrived.
Design
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-569 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 Brown, Boveri & Cie 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-569 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 submarine was laid down on 21 May 1940 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 545, launched on 20 March 1941 and commissioned on 8 May under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans-Peter Hinsch.
She served with the 3rd U-boat Flotilla from 1 August 1941 for training and stayed with that organization for operations until her loss from 1 August 1941 to 22 May 1943.
First and second patrols
U-569Шаблон:'s first patrol was from Trondheim in Norway, she headed for the Atlantic Ocean via the gap separating Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She arrived at St. Nazaire in occupied France, on 21 September 1941.
Having left St. Nazaire on 12 October 1941, U-569 made for the Newfoundland and Labrador coast. She returned to her French base on 12 November.
Third patrol
The submarine was attacked by a Fairey Swordfish west of Gibraltar on 16 December 1941. She, along with four other U-boats, was to have operated in the Mediterranean, but the damage was such that she had to return to St. Nazaire.[1][2]
Fourth and fifth patrols
U-569 sank the Hengist on 8 March 1942 northwest of Cape Wrath (Scotland)[3] and returned to France (La Pallice), on 2 April 1942.
On her fifth sortie, she damaged the Pontypridd northeast of St. John's, Newfoundland, on 11 June 1942 and took the master prisoner. She returned to La Pallice on the 28th.
Sixth and seventh patrols
The boat was attacked by the Norwegian corvette HNoMS Potentilla on 25 August 1942. The warship lost the element of surprise and her intention to ram when her 4 in gun opened fire prematurely. Several hits were scored on the conning tower by 20mm AA guns, but the larger weapon failed to register in the encounter in mid-Atlantic.
The boat's seventh patrol was relatively peaceful with no contacts.
Eighth patrol
U-569 was attacked by the escorts of Convoy UC-1 on 23 February 1943 and seriously damaged. She had departed La Pallice on 7 February 1943 and returned there on 13 March.
Ninth patrol and loss
The boat was badly damaged by depth charges dropped by a TBM Avenger, piloted by William F. Chamberlain, from the escort carrier Шаблон:USS on 22 May 1943. A relief Avenger also from USS Bogue, piloted by Howard S. Roberts, was waiting overhead when the U-boat resurfaced. Roberts dropped more depth charges and machine-gunned the bridge to prevent the German crew from manning the antiaircraft guns. U-boat Commander Johannsen had no intention of fighting back and, according to American records ordered his crew to raise a white flag on the periscope. Upon seeing this, Roberts ceased his attack and guided the Canadian destroyer Шаблон:HMCS to the area. As the destroyer approached, Johannsen ordered his crew to scuttle the boat and jump overboard.Шаблон:Sfn St. Laurent rescued Johannsen and 24 of his crew of 46 and the survivors were sent to Washington for interrogation.[4]
Wolfpacks
U-569 took part in 15 wolfpacks, namely:
- Grönland (14 – 27 August 1941)
- Markgraf (27 August – 16 September 1941)
- Schlagetot (20 October – 1 November 1941)
- Raubritter (1 – 8 November 1941)
- Westwall (2 – 12 March 1942)
- York (12 – 26 March 1942)
- Hecht (8 May – 18 June 1942)
- Lohs (11 August – 21 September 1942)
- Draufgänger (1 – 11 December 1942)
- Ungestüm (11 – 22 December 1942)
- Robbe (16 – 26 February 1943)
- Amsel 3 (3 – 6 May 1943)
- Rhein (7 – 10 May 1943)
- Elbe 1 (10 – 14 May 1943)
- Mosel (19 – 22 May 1943)
Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship Name | Nationality | Tonnage (GRT) |
Fate[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 1942 | Hengist | Шаблон:Flag | 984 | Sunk |
| 11 June 1942 | Pontypridd | Шаблон:Flag | 4,458 | Damaged |
References
Bibliography
External links
Шаблон:German Type VII submarines Шаблон:May 1943 shipwrecks
- ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокuboatnetне указан текст - ↑ Paterson, Lawrence – U-Boats in the Mediterranean 1941–1944, 2007, Chatham Publishing, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 94
- ↑ The Times Atlas of the World – Third edition, revised 1995, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 10
- ↑ Hitler's U-boat war, The Hunted, by Clay Blair
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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