U-801

Type IXC/40

Laid down 30 Sept 1941 Seebeck, Bremen
Commissioned 24 Mar 1943 Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Brans
Commander 03.43 - 03.44 Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Brans
Career 2 patrols 03.43 - 10.43 4th Flotilla (Stettin)
11.43 - 03.44 2nd Flotilla (Lorient)
Successes None
Fate Sunk 17 March, 1944 in the mid-Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands, in position 16.42N, 30.28W, by a Fido homing torpedo from 2 Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Block Island and depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer USS Corry and the destroyer escort Bronstein. 7 dead, 47 survivors.

USS Corry left Casablanca 11 March, and on 16 March joined with Bronstein (DE-189) in attacking the German submarine U-801. When the submarine surfaced, Corry sank her with gunfire, and picked up her 47 survivors.
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Type	IXC/40
Laid down	30 Sept 1941	Seebeck, Bremen
Commissioned	24 Mar 1943	Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Brans
Commander	03.43 - 03.44	Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Brans
Career	2 patrols	03.43 - 10.43 4th Flotilla (Stettin) 11.43 - 03.44 2nd Flotilla (Lorient)
Successes	None
Fate	Sunk 17 March, 1944 in the mid-Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands, in position 16.42N, 30.28W, by a Fido homing torpedo from 2 Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Block Island and depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer USS Corry and the destroyer escort Bronstein. 7 dead, 47 survivors.