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| U-516 | Type IXC |
| Feldpost Number | M 41 960 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwärder |
| Yard Number | 312 |
| Ordered | 14th Feb 1940 |
| Keel laid | 12th May 1941 |
| Launched | 16th Dec 1941 |
| Commissioned | 21st Feb 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
8.KLA, Hamburg | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 03.42 - 08.42 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 09.42 - 09.44 | 10.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.44 - 05.45 | 33.U-Flottille, Flensburg
Frontboot für Transportunternehmungen (transport)
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| Commanders | | 10.03.42 - 10.05.42 | KK Gerhard Wiebe |
| 11.05.42 - 27.05.42 | KK Hans Pauckstadt
see also: U-18 U-12 U-34 U-30 U-193 |
| 28.05.42 - 23.06.43 | KK Gerhard Wiebe |
| 24.06.43 - 30.06.43 | KL Herbert Kuppisch
see also: U-58 U-94 U-847 |
| 01.07.43 - 12.44 | KL Hans-Rutger Tillessen |
| 12.44 - 14.05.45 | OL Friedrich Petran |
| Operations information for U-516 | 12.08.1942 - 13.08.1942
First Sailing
U-516 left Kiel under the command of Gerhard Wiebe on 12th Aug 1942 and arrived at Kristiansand on 13th Aug 1942 after one day.
| 15.08.1942 - 14.11.1942
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 15th Aug 1942, U-516 left Kristiansand under the command of Gerhard Wiebe and after thirteen weeks arrived at Lorient on 14th Nov 1942.
Gerhard Wiebe hit six ships on this patrol.-
On 27th Aug 1942 he damaged the British 9,687 ton Port Jackson.
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On 31st Aug 1942 he sank the American 10,907 ton Jack Carnes.
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On 19th Sep 1942 he sank the American 6,174 ton Wichita.
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On 28th Sep 1942 he sank the Brazilian 1,223 ton Antonico.
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On 30th Sep 1942 he sank the British 5,273 ton Alipore.
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On 24th Oct 1942 he sank the British 5,780 ton Holmpark.
| 23.12.1942 - 04.05.1943
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-516 departed under Gerhard Wiebe from Lorient on 23rd Dec 1942 and arrived back at Lorient on 4th May 1943 after nearly nineteen weeks on patrol.
Gerhard Wiebe hit four ships on this patrol.-
On 11th Feb 1943 he sank the British 4,764 ton Helmspey.
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On 17th Feb 1943 he sank the American 6,187 ton Deer Lodge.
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On 27th Feb 1943 he sank the Dutch 10,782 ton Colombia.
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On 20th Mar 1943 he sank the Panamanian 3,663 ton Nortun.
| 08.07.1943 - 23.08.1943
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-516 left Lorient under the command of Hans-Rutger Tillessen on 8th Jul 1943 and returned six and a half weeks later to Lorient on 23rd Aug 1943.
| 30.09.1943 - 01.10.1943
Fifth Sailing
On the 30th Sep 1943, U-516 left Lorient under the command of Hans-Rutger Tillessen and arrived at Brest on 1st Oct 1943 after one day.
| 04.10.1943 - 26.02.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-516 departed under Hans-Rutger Tillessen from Brest on 4th Oct 1943 and after more than twenty weeks arrived at Lorient on 26th Feb 1944.
Hans-Rutger Tillessen hit six ships on this patrol.-
On 11th Nov 1943 he sank the Panamanian 1,082 ton Pompoon.
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On 17th Nov 1943 he sank the 39 ton Ruby.
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On 23rd Nov 1943 he sank the American 5,189 ton Elizabeth Kellogg.
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On 24th Nov 1943 he sank the American 7,176 ton Melville E Stone.
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On 8th Dec 1943 he sank the Panamanian 1,064 ton Colombia.
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On 16th Dec 1943 he sank the American 10,195 ton McDowell.
| 07.05.1944 - 04.10.1944
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-516 left Lorient under the command of Hans-Rutger Tillessen on 7th May 1944 and arrived at Flensburg on 4th Oct 1944 after twentyone and a half weeks.
Hans-Rutger Tillessen hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 7th Jul 1944 he sank the American 9,887 ton Esso Harrisburg.
| 24.03.1945 - 27.03.1945
Eighth Sailing
On the 24th Mar 1945, U-516 left Kiel under the command of Friedrich Petran and after three days arrived at Horten on 27th Mar 1945.
| 01.04.1945 - 03.04.1945
Ninth Sailing
U-516 departed under Friedrich Petran from Horten on 1st Apr 1945 and arrived at Kristiansand on 3rd Apr 1945 after two days.
| 05.04.1945 - 14.05.1945
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-516 left Kristiansand under the command of Friedrich Petran on 5th Apr 1945 and after five and a half weeks arrived at Loch Eriboll, UK on 14th May 1945.
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