U-Boat Operations

U-620	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 00 459
Construction Yard	Blohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number	596
Ordered	15th Aug 1940
Keel laid	19th Jun 1941
Launched	9th Mar 1942
Commissioned	30th Apr 1942
Baubelehrung	Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen / 8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.42 - 09.42	8.U-Flottille, Danzig Ausbildungsboot (under training)
10.42 - 02.43	3.U-Flottille, La Pallice Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
04.42 - 02.43	OL Heinz Stein see also: U-554

Operations information for U-620
12.09.1942 - 12.11.1942 First Sailing - active patrol U-620 left Kiel under the command of Heinz Stein on 12th Sep 1942 and arrived at La Pallice on 12th Nov 1942 after more than eight weeks.
13.12.1942 - 14.12.1942 Second Sailing On the 13th Dec 1942, U-620 left La Pallice under the command of Heinz Stein and returned to La Pallice on 14th Dec 1942 after one day.
19.12.1942 - 13.02.1943 Third Sailing - active patrol U-620 departed under Heinz Stein from La Pallice on 19th Dec 1942. The boat was sunk on 13th Feb 1943. On 13th Feb 1943 in square CG 51, U-620 came under attack from an aircraft of RAF 202 Squadron. U-620 was destroyed in the attack. Heinz Stein hit one ship on this patrol from convoy TM-1. On 11th Jan 1943 he sank the British 6,983 ton British Dominion, sailing with convoy TM-1.

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BRITISH DOMINION

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