U-123 and U-201 departing Lorient on 8 June 1941
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Name | U-201 |
Ordered | 23 September 1939 |
Builder | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
Yard number | 630 |
Laid down | 20 January 1940 |
Launched | 7 December 1940 |
Commissioned | 25 January 1941 |
Fate | Sunk, 17 February 1943 by HMS Viscount |
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Class and type | Type VIIC submarine |
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Height | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 4 officers, 40–56 enlisted |
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Identification codes: | M 33 584 |
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German submarine U-201 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 20 January 1940 by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 630, launched on 7 December 1940, and commissioned on 25 January 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Adalbert Schnee. Attached to the 1st U-boat Flotilla, she made nine successful patrols in the North Atlantic, the last two under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Günther Rosenberg. She was a member of eight wolfpacks.
She was sunk on 17 February 1943 in the North Atlantic, by depth charges from a British warship. All 49 hands were lost.[1]