Unterseeboot 651

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Career (Nazi Germany)
Name:	U-651
Ordered:	9 October 1939
Builder:	Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG
Laid down:	16 January 1940
Launched:	21 December 1940
Commissioned:	12 February 1941
Fate:	Sunk 29 June 1941 south of Iceland, 45 survivors.
Class and type:	Type VII U-boat

Unterseeboot 651 (usually abbreviated to U-651) was a German Type VIIC U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine. She was ordered just after the war started in 1939, laid down on 16 January 1940, launched in December that year and commissioned the following February. She was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Peter Lohmeyer.

Her career was a short one. She only participated in one patrol and sunk two ships in convoy HX133 (the merchantmen Brockley Hill and Grayburn) before being sunk by the escort for the same convoy. 45 of her crew were rescued by the Royal Navy and interrogated by the Admiralty.

[edit] Ships credited for the sinking of U-651

HM Destroyers HMS Malcolm HMS Scimitar

HM Corvettes HMS Arabis HMS Violet HMS Speedwell

[edit] References

• uboat.net webpage for U-651