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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-560Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 35 195
Construction YardBlohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number536
Ordered16th Oct 1939
Keel laid1st Feb 1940
Launched10th Jan 1941
Commissioned6th Mar 1941
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
03.41 - 11.4324.U-Flottille, Danzig;Trondheim & Memel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
11.43 - 02.4522.U-Flottille, Gotenhafen
Schulboot (training boat)
03.45 - 05.4531.U-Flottille, Hamburg & Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Commanders
06.03.41 - 24.08.41OL Hans-Jürgen Zetzsche
see also: U-20 U-8 U-4 U-591 U-378 
25.08.41 - 15.07.42OL Ernst Cordes
see also: U-763 U-1195 
16.07.42 - 31.08.43OL ~ KL Konstantin von Rappard
see also: U-2324 
01.09.43 - 12.12.43LT ~ OL Helmut Wicke
see also: U-351 U-1007 U-1231 
13.12.43 - 03.05.45LT KrO ~ OL KrO Paul Jacobs

Notes for U-560


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