U BOATS SUNK IN SOUTH ATLANTIC - U 128 / U 1062
26)U-513
Ordered 14 Feb 1940
Laid down 26 Apr 1941 Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 309)
Launched 29 Oct 1941
Commissioned 10 Jan 1942 Korvkpt. Rolf Rüggeberg
Commanders
10 Jan 1942 - 14 May 1943 Kptlt. Rolf Rüggeberg
15 May 1943 -19 Jul 1943 Kptlt. Friedrich Guggenberger (Knights Cross)
Career
4 patrols
10 Jan 1942 - 31 Aug 1942 4. Flottille (training)
1 Sep 1942 - 19 Jul 1943 10. Flottille (active service)
Successes: 6 ships sunk, total tonnage 29,940 GRT
2 ships damaged, total tonnage 13,177 GRT
Fate: Sunk on 19 July 1943 in the South Atlantic south-east of São Francisco do Sul, Brazil, in position 27º 17"S, 47º 32"W, by depth charges from a US Mariner aircraft (VP-74 USN/P-3). 46 dead and 7 survivors.
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In the south Atlantic U-513 sank 4 ships with 17,151 GRT and one ship damaged with 6,003 GRT
VENEZIA
AMERICAN EAGLE
TUTOIA
ELIHU WASHBURNE
RICHARD CASWELL
