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Unterseeboot 571 (U-571) was a Type VIIC Submarine of the Kriegsmarine . Her keel was laid down June 8 , 1940 by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg . She was commissioned May 22 , 1941 with ''Kapitänleutnant'' Helmut Möhlmann in command. Under his command ''U-571'' had nine successful patrols in the Arctic, and the North and Central Atlantic. In August and September 1941 , ''U-571'' operated against Allied and Soviet forces sinking the Soviet passenger vessel ''Marija Uljanova'' on August 26 . In 1942 , ''U-571'' operated off East Coast of the U.S. sinking the British freighter ''Hertford'' on March 29 , the Norwegian tanker M/T ''Koll'' on April 6 off Cape Hatteras , and the American freighter ''Margaret'' on April 14 after the ship left San Juan, Puerto Rico . Although ''U-571's'' log mentions that some of the 8 officers and 21 men managed to get into a lifeboat and onto rafts, none of ''Margaret'' On March 22 , 1943 , ''U-571'' was attacked by an aircraft in the North Atlantic and was damaged so badly that she had to return to base. In April 1943 , Möhlmann claimed that he sank three additional ships but these could not be matched with records of Allied losses. On April 22 , 1943 , she had to return to base because the commander was badly injured in an accident on the conning tower. On May 2 , 1943 , Möhlmann was relieved by ''Oberleutnant zur See'' Gustav Lüssow. ''U-571'' patrolled off the west coast of Africa in July before returning to base on September 1 . Between September and December, ''U-571'' was probably being overhauled in a drydock as no mention of the boat for that time period appears in war diary kept by the German Commander in Chief, Submarines, Admiral Karl Dönitz . On January 18 , 1944 , Lüssow reported to his submarine command that he attacked and sank an unknown Destroyer , however this could not be verified to any known Allied losses during World War II . On January 28 , 1944 she was attacked by an Australia n-crewed Sunderland aircraft from 461 Squadron RAAF west of Ireland and was destroyed by Depth Charge s. The aircraft pilot noted that most of the crew successfully abandoned ship, but perished in the cold water. ''U-571'' sank with all hands—52 dead—at 52°41′N, 14°27′W. She had not suffered any casualties to her crew during her career until then. ''U-571'' conducted eleven war patrols, sinking 7 ships totalling 47,169 tons and damaging one other displacing 11,394 tons. ''See also: List Of U-boats '' |
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