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| U-651 | Type VIIC |
| Feldpost Number | M 35 647 |
| Construction Yard | Howaldtswerke AG, Hamburg |
| Yard Number | 800 |
| Ordered | 9th Oct 1939 |
| Keel laid | 16th Jan 1940 |
| Launched | 21st Dec 1940 |
| Commissioned | 12th Feb 1941 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 02.41 - 06.41 | 1.U-Flottille, Kiel
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 02.41 - 06.41 | KL Peter Lohmeyer
see also: U-19 U-138 |
| Operations information for U-651 | 07.06.1941 - 11.06.1941
First Sailing
U-651 left Hamburg under the command of Peter Lohmeyer on 7th Jun 1941 and arrived at Bergen on 11th Jun 1941 after four days.
| 12.06.1941 - 29.06.1941
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 12th Jun 1941, U-651 left Bergen under the command of Peter Lohmeyer. U-651 was sunk on 29th Jun 1941.
Peter Lohmeyer hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy, both of them were from convoy HX-133.-
On 24th Jun 1941 he sank the British 5,297 ton Brockley Hill, sailing with convoy HX-133.
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On 29th Jun 1941 he sank the British 6,342 ton Grayburn, a member of convoy HX-133.
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| Notes for U-651 |
The Admiralty Report on interrogation of the survivors of U-651 is available. You can find how to obtain a report here.
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