German World War II submarine
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History |
Nazi Germany |
Name | U-601 |
Ordered | 22 May 1940 |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Yard number | 577 |
Laid down | 10 February 1941 |
Launched | 29 October 1941 |
Commissioned | 18 December 1941 |
Fate | Sunk by depth charges on 25 February 1944 |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam |
- 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a
- 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
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Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
Installed power |
- 2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels)
- 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
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Propulsion | |
Speed |
- 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced
- 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
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Range |
- 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
- 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
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Test depth | |
Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
Armament | |
Service record |
Part of: |
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Identification codes: |
M 47 254 |
Commanders: |
- Kptlt. Peter-Ottmar Grau
- 18 December 1941 – 28 November 1943
- Oblt.z.S. Otto Hansen
- 29 November 1943 – 25 February 1944
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Operations: |
- 10 patrols:
- 1st patrol:
- 14 July – 3 August 1942
- 2nd patrol:
- a. 9 August – 20 September 1942
- b. 22 – 24 September 1942
- c. 31 October – 3 November 1942
- 3rd patrol:
- a. 5 November – 7 December 1942
- b. 8 December 1942
- c. 15 – 24 December 1942
- d. 3 – 5 April 1943
- e. 6 – 7 April 1943
- 4th patrol:
- a. 15 April – 14 May 1943
- b. 15 May 1943
- c. 7 – 10 July 1943
- 5th patrol:
- a. 14 – 25 July 1943
- b. 26 – 27 July 1943
- c. 29 July 1943
- 6th patrol:
- a. 30 July – 28 August 1943
- b. 13 – 14 September 1943
- c. 15 – 16 September 1943
- 7th patrol:
- a. 16 September – 7 October 1943
- b. 8 October 1943
- c. 9 October 1943
- d. 10 October 1943
- e. 12 – 14 October 1943
- f. 17 – 19 October 1943
- g. 10 – 12 December 1943
- 8th patrol:
- 18 December 1943 – 7 January 1944
- 9th patrol:
- a. 10 January – 2 February 1944
- b. 4 – 5 February 1944
- 10th patrol:
- 17 – 25 February 1944
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Victories: |
4 merchant ships sunk (8,869 GRT) |
German submarine U-601 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service in World War II. She was commissioned on 18 December 1941 and sunk on 25 February 1944, having sunk four ships. Her commanders were Peter-Ottmar Grau and Otto Hansen.[1]