German submarine U-651

VII C

HDW Hamburg

October 9, 1939

800

January 16, 1940

December 21, 1940

February 12, 1941

Kptlt Peter Lohmeyer

1 war patrol

2 merchant ships ( 11,639 GRT)

U 651 was a U- Boat Type VII C of the German Navy.

History

The keel was laid on 16 January 1940. After launching on December 21, 1940, the boat was put into service on February 12, 1941 and assigned to the 1st U- Flotilla. The commander was Kptlt Peter Lohmeyer.

Inserts

U 651 was destined to be a short career. It has already been sunk on his first mission trip to the sinking of two British merchant ships.

First patrol

On June 12, 1941 U 651 ran from Bergen to his single patrol out. On 24 June it came to the particular from Baltimore to Swansea convoy HX -133 torpedoed and south-east of Cape Farewell grain freighter Brockley Hill. The crew of the cargo ship was taken up by other ships of the convoy. On the night of June 29, succeeded in U 651 to torpedo another freighter from the same convoy, loaded with scrap Grayburn, south of Iceland. 35 men of the 53 - member crew went down with the ship. Following this success was U 651 attacked and sunk by the escort ships of the convoy with water bombs.

Downfall

U 651 was attacked on June 29, 1941 by the British destroyer HMS Malcolm and HMS Scimitar, corvettes HMS Arabis and HMS Violet and the minesweeper HMS Speedwell with water bombs. It fell to the position 59 ° 52 'N, 18 ° 36' 18.6 - W59.866666666667 south of Iceland. His entire crew was captured by the British ships and went into captivity.