List of all U-boats
U-600
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 22 May 1940 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 25 Jan 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 576) | ||||||||
| Launched | 16 Oct 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 11 Dec 1941 | Kptlt. Bernhard Zurmühlen | ||||||||
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| Career 6 patrols |
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| Successes | 5 ships sunk, total tonnage 28,600 GRT 3 ships damaged, total tonnage 19,230 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 25 November 1943 in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 40.31N, 22.07W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bazely and HMS Blackwood. 54 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-600 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Draufgänger (29 Nov 1942 - 11 Dec 1942)
Raufbold (11 Dec 1942 - 22 Dec 1942)
Knappen (19 Feb 1943 - 25 Feb 1943)
Burggraf (4 Mar 1943 - 5 Mar 1943)
Raubgraf (7 Mar 1943 - 20 Mar 1943)
Drossel (29 Apr 1943 - 5 May 1943)
Schill 1 (16 Nov 1943 - 22 Nov 1943)
Weddigen (22 Nov 1943 - 25 Nov 1943)
Attacks on this boat and other events
14 Jun 1943
20.15 hrs, Bay of Biscay, outbound: a group of three boats (U-257, U-600 and U-615) was strafed by British Flying Fortress FK212 (220 Sqdn RAF/V, pilot F/O C.F. Callender). U-600 and U-615 observed AA hits on the aircraft and claimed it as shot down, but the Fortress was apparently finished off by a Junkers Ju88C fighter (15/KG 40, pilot Lt Lothar Wolff) about 90km northwest of Cape Ortegal at 20.40 hrs. All nine aircrew were lost. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman/Goss)
16 Jun 1943
09.04 hrs, NW of Finisterre, outbound: a group of three boats was attacked by British B-24 Liberator Mk.V bomber FL973 (59 Sqdn RAF/C, pilot F/O E.E. Allen, RCAF) . The aircraft dropped six depth charges on the boat in the centre of the formation, U-600, which suffered only minor damage, whereas the aircraft was hit four times by AA fire from all three boats. Strafing by the tail gunner killed one man [Matrosengefreiter Georg Laub]. As the pilot backed off to assess the damage, the boats began to dive. The aircraft dropped its remaining depth charges ahead of the diving point of the starboard boat before returning to base. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)
2 recorded attacks on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
16 Jun 1943
09.04 hrs, NW of Finisterre, outbound: a group of three boats was attacked by British B-24 Liberator Mk.V bomber FL973 (59 Sqdn RAF/C, pilot F/O E.E. Allen, RCAF) . The aircraft dropped six depth charges on the boat in the centre of the formation, U-600, which suffered only minor damage, whereas the aircraft was hit four times by AA fire from all three boats. Strafing by the tail gunner killed one man [Matrosengefreiter Georg Laub]. As the pilot backed off to assess the damage, the boats began to dive. The aircraft dropped its remaining depth charges ahead of the diving point of the starboard boat before returning to base.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
 Coat of Arms of Bielefeld |
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