| Type |
IXC |
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| Laid down | 20 Aug 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Commissioned | 11 June 1941 | Korvkpt. Ernst Kals (Knights Cross) |
| Commanders | 06.41 - 01.43 02.43 - 03.43 |
Korvkpt. Ernst Kals
Oblt. Siegfried Keller |
| Career | 5 patrols | 06.41 - 08.41 4th Flotilla (Stettin)
09.41 - 03.43 2nd Flotilla (Lorient) |
| Successes | 25 ships sunk for a total of 167,350 tons 1 ship of 6,986 tons damaged On 19 April, 1942 executed a successful bombardement with the 105mm deckgun against the oil refinery on Curacao in the Caribbean. |
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| Fate | Sunk 12 Mar 1943 west of the Azores, in position 37.10N, 40.21W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin. 53 dead (all crew lost). | |
| USS Champlin DD601 sailed on 4 March guarding a convoy which was constantly shadowed by German submarines for 6 days after it passed the Azores on 12 March. On that day, a radar contact was made ahead of the convoy, and Champlin charged ahead to investigate, finding the submarine on the surface. She opened fire, and attempted to ram the enemy, which made a crash dive. Champlin hurled a pattern of depth charges into the swirl, and sank U-130 in 37° 10' N., 20° 21' W. As the convoy plodded east, Champlin and the other escorts fought a constant battle to protect it, but Champlin's was the only kill, while the convoy lost three merchantmen before reaching Casablanca. Champlin rescued every member of SS Wyoming's 127-man crew, as well as taking aboard two survivors from SS Molly Pitcher.
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