German submarine U-510

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German submarine U-510 was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, which later served in the French Navy. The submarine was laid down on 1 November 1940 at the Deutsche Werft yard at Hamburg as yard number 306, launched on 4 September 1941, and commissioned on 25 November 1941 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Karl Neitzel.[1]

After training with the 4th U-boat Flotilla at Stettin, U-510 was transferred to the 10th U-boat Flotilla based at Lorient in occupied France, for front-line service on 1 August 1942. Kapitänleutnant Alfred Eick took command of the U-boat on 22 May 1943, and she was transferred to the 33rd flotilla on 1 October 1944 while operating in Southeast Asian waters. During her seven war patrols the U-boat sank twelve ships totalling Template:GRT, damaged eight, totalling 53,289 GRT and cause three total loss, totalling 24,338 GRT.[1]

The U-boat was captured by American forces at Saint-Nazaire on 10 May 1945. Renamed Bouan she served in the French Navy from 1947 until struck on 1 May 1959. The submarine was broken up in 1960.[3]

Design

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Service history

First patrol

U-510 departed Kiel on 7 July 1942, negotiated the gap between Iceland and the Faroe Islands and sailed across the Atlantic to the northern coast of South America.[4] There she attacked three ships and sank the 5,285 GRT Uruguayan merchant ship Maldonado on 2 August.[5] She also damaged the 8,016 GRT British tanker Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". on 10 August,[6] and sank the 4,971 GRT British merchant ship Cressington Court on 19 August.[7] The U-boat docked at Lorient on 13 September.[2]

Second patrol

U-510 departed Lorient on 14 October 1942 and patrolled the waters west of the Canary Islands.[8] On 31 October she torpedoed and damaged the 5,681 GRT Norwegian merchant ship Alaska of Convoy SL 125 while the ship was rescuing men from the troopship Président Doumer, which had been sunk by Template:GS.[9] After "Operation Torch" began on 8 November, The boat was ordered to patrol the coast of Morocco, but was bombed by an unidentified aircraft, causing a serious oil leak. She returned to Lorient on 12 December.[8]

Third patrol

The U-boat sailed from Lorient once more on 16 January 1943 and headed across the Atlantic to the northern coast of South America.[10] On 9 March at 03:00, U-510 attacked Convoy BT-6 about Script error: No such module "convert". north-east of Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, sinking the 3,872 GRT British merchant ship Kelvinbank,[11] and damaging the 7,176 GRT American Liberty ships George G. Meade, Tabitha Brown and Joseph Rodman Drake. She attacked the same convoy again three hours later and this time damaged the Liberty ships Mark Hanna,[12] James Smith, Thomas Ruffin and James K. Polk, the latter two so badly that they were later declared total losses. The U-boat returned to Lorient on 16 April.[2]

Fourth patrol

Now under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Alfred Eick, U-510 sailed from Lorient on 3 June 1943 and once again headed for the northern South American coast.[13] On 8 July she made a series of attacks on Convoy TJ-1, sinking the 10,324 GRT Norwegian tanker B.P. Newton[14] and the 6,900 GRT American merchant ship Eldena,[15] and damaging the 3,702 GRT Latvian merchant ship Everagra.[16] Two days later, on 10 May, she sank the 1,641 GRT Swedish merchant ship Scandinavia.[17] The U-boat returned to Lorient on 29 August.[2]

Fifth patrol

U-510 left Lorient on 3 November 1943, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian Ocean to operate off the Arabian Peninsula.[18]

On 22 February 1944, she made two attacks on Convoy PA-69 about 200 miles off Aden, sinking the 9,181 GRT American tanker E.G. Seubert[19] and the 7,385 GRT British tanker San Alvaro;[20] she also damaged the 9,970 GRT Norwegian tanker Erling Brøvig.[21]

The U-boat then shaped a course for Penang in Malaya (now Malaysia), making three more attacks en route. On 7 March she torpedoed and sank the unescorted 7,229 GRT Norwegian merchant ship Tarifa about 250 miles east of Socotra in the Indian Ocean.[22] On 19 March she sank the American 7,176 GRT Liberty ship John A. Poor in the Arabian Sea,[23] and on 27 March the 249 GRT British naval trawler HMS Maaløy (J136) off Ceylon (now Sri Lanka),[24] killing Prince Hassan Farid Didi, the son of HRH Abdul Majeed Didi, Sultan Elect of the Maldives, who was aboard as a passenger. Prince Hassan was Minister of the Interior and de facto head of the Government of the Sultanate of the Maldives.[25] U-510 arrived at Penang on 5 April after a voyage of 155 days, her longest patrol.[2]

Sixth patrol

Operating as part of the Monsun Gruppe U-510 sailed to Singapore and then to Kobe, Japan, before returning to Batavia (now Jakarta).[2] From there, on 26 November 1944, she sailed on her only combat patrol, returning to Batavia on 3 December having had no successes.[26]

Seventh patrol

U-510 left Batavia on 11 January 1945 for the voyage back to Europe.[27] U-510 carried with her a load of tungsten, tin, quinine, etc. from the Far East.

On 23 February she sank the unescorted 7,136 GRT Canadian merchant ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". about Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of Cape Town.[28]

After being supplied with oil southeast of Madagascar by KKpt Oesten's U-861, which was short of fuel herself, U-510 ran out of fuel in the North Atlantic, but somehow managed to reach base at Saint-Nazaire, in France, on 23 April after 103 days at sea.[2]

Post war

American forces captured U-510 at Saint-Nazaire on 10 May 1945. Awarded to the French in 1946, she was commissioned into the French Navy, and renamed Bouan (S.612) on 24 June 1947. She served until struck on 1 May 1959, renamed hull Q.176 on 23 November 1959, and was broken up in 1960.[3]

Wolfpacks

U-510 took part in two wolfpacks, namely:

  • Streitaxt (20 October – 2 November 1942)
  • Schlagetot (9 – 21 November 1942)

Summary of raiding history

Date Ship Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT) 		Fate[29]
2 August 1942 Maldonado File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 5,285 Sunk
10 August 1942 Alexia File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 8,016 Damaged
19 August 1942 Cressington Court File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 4,971 Sunk
31 October 1942 Alaska File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5,681 Damaged
9 March 1943 George C. Meade File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 Damaged
9 March 1943 James K. Polk File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,177 Total loss
9 March 1943 James Smith File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,181 Damaged
9 March 1943 James Rodman Drake File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,181 Damaged
9 March 1943 Kelvinbank File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 3,872 Sunk
9 March 1943 Mark Hanna File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 Damaged
9 March 1943 Tabitha Brown File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 Damaged
9 March 1943 Thomas Ruffin File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,191 Total loss
8 July 1943 B. P. Newton File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 10,324 Sunk
8 July 1943 Eldena File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 6,900 Sunk
8 July 1943 Everagra File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 3,702 Damaged
10 July 1943 Scandinavia File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1,641 Sunk
22 February 1944 E. G. Seubert File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 9,181 Sunk
22 February 1944 Erling Brøving File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 9,970 Total loss
22 February 1944 San Alvaro File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 7,385 Sunk
7 March 1944 Tarifa File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 7,229 Sunk
7 March 1944 John A. Poor File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,176 Sunk
27 March 1944 HMS Maaløy Template:Navy/core 249 Sunk
23 February 1945 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada 7,136 Sunk

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