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Name | U-615 |
Ordered | 15 August 1940 |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Yard number | 591 |
Laid down | 20 May 1941 |
Launched | 8 February 1942 |
Commissioned | 26 March 1942 |
Fate | Sunk in the Caribbean Sea on 7 August 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Test depth | 220 m (721 ft 9 in) |
Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted44-52 men |
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Identification codes: | M 45 089 |
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Victories: |
4 merchant ships sunk (27,231 GRT) |
German submarine U-615 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) for service during World War II.[2]
Commissioned on 26 March 1942, and commanded by Kapitänleutnant Ralph Kapitzky, she was depth charged and sunk in the Caribbean Sea, north of Porlamar on 7 August 1943,[3] in position 12°38′N 64°15′W / 12.633°N 64.250°W, by US 6 Mariner and 1 Ventura aircraft. It was the largest aircraft hunt ever mounted for a single U-boat. Of her crew 4 (including her captain) were killed, and 43 survived.
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