U BOATS SUNK IN SOUTH ATLANTIC - U 128 / U 1062
2)U-66
Ordered: 7 Aug 1939
Laid down: 20 Mar 1940 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 985)
Launched: 10 Oct 1940
Commissioned: 2 Jan 1941
Commanders 2 Jan 1941- 21 Jun 1942 Kptlt. Richard Zapp (Knights Cross)
22 Jun 1942 - 1 Sep 1943 - Kptlt. Friedrich Markworth (Knights Cross)
6 Aug 1943 - 1 Sep 1943 - Oblt. (R) Paul Frerks
2 Sep 1943 - 6 May 1944 - Oblt. Gerhard Seehausen (German Cross in Gold)
Career
10 patrols - 2 Jan 1941 - 30 Apr 1941 - 2. Flottille (training)
1 May 1941 - 6 May 1944 - 2. Flottille (active service)
Successes - 33 ships sunk, total tonnage 200,021 GRT
2 ships damaged, total tonnage 22,674 GRT
2 warships damaged, total tonnage 64 tons
Fate: Sunk on 6 May 1944 in the Atlantic west of the Cape Verde Islands, in position 17º 17"N, 32º 29"W, by depth charges, gunfire and ramming from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-55 USN) of the US escort carrier USS Block Island and by the US destroyer escort USS Buckley. 24 dead and 36 survivors.
