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| U-573 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 42 508 |
| Construction Yard | Blohm und Voß, Hamburg |
| Yard Number | 549 |
| Ordered | 24th Oct 1939 |
| Keel laid | 8th Jun 1940 |
| Launched | 17th Apr 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5th Jun 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 06.41 - 12.41 | 3.U-Flottille, Kiel & La Pallice
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Frontboot (operational)
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| 01.42 - 05.42 | 29.U-Flottille, La Spezia
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 05.06.41 - 02.05.42 | KL Heinrich Heinsoh
see also: U-8 U-438 |
| Operations information for U-573 | 27.09.1941 - 15.11.1941
First Sailing - active patrol
U-573 left Kiel under the command of Heinrich Heinsohn on 27th Sep 1941 and arrived at St. Nazaire on 15th Nov 1941 after seven weeks.
| 07.12.1941 - 09.12.1941
Second Sailing
On the 7th Dec 1941, U-573 left St. Nazaire under the command of Heinrich Heinsohn and returned to St. Nazaire on 9th Dec 1941 after two days.
| 11.12.1941 - 30.12.1941
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-573 departed under Heinrich Heinsohn from St. Nazaire on 11th Dec 1941 and arrived at Pola on 30th Dec 1941 after more than two weeks.
Heinrich Heinsohn hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 21st Dec 1941 he sank the Norwegian 5,289 ton Hellen.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Hellen.
| 02.02.1942 - 06.03.1942
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-573 left Pola under the command of Heinrich Heinsohn on 2nd Feb 1942 and returned four and a half weeks later to Pola on 6th Mar 1942.
| 19.04.1942 - 02.05.1942
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 19th Apr 1942, U-573 left Pola under the command of Heinrich Heinsohn and arrived at Cartagena on 2nd May 1942 after nearly two weeks.
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