Type IXC, U-513....
U-513 was a type IXC U-boat built for service in Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
She was laid down on 26 May 1941 by the naval construction firm Deutsche Werft AG in Hamburg as yard number 309, and commissioned on 10 January 1942. Her commanders were Korvettenkapitän Rolf Rüggeberg (January 1942 to April 1943) and Korvettenkapitän Friedrich Guggenberger (15 May to 19 July 1943). Her training period was from 10 January 1942 to 31 August, as part of the 4th U-Boat Flotilla. She was then assigned to the 10th U-Boat Flotilla for operations.
She sank six ships with a total tonnage of 29,940 gross register ton
(GRT) and damaged two more with a total tonnage of 13,177 GRT. The boat was a member of two wolfpacks. She was sunk by depth charges from a US aircraft in the South Atlantic Ocean in July 1943.
In 2011 after nine years research and two years of seagoing searches, the expedition led by the explorers of Schurmann Family located U-513, 85 km (46 nmi) east of their hometown of Florianópolis. The find was announced worldwide on 17 June 2011, when the Schürmanns produced images of a Side-scanning sonar. A dive was made in 2012, where photos and video images were recorded.
5th of September 1942,
Lord Strathcona Canada, 7,335 GRT, 0 killed, sunk....
5th of September 1942,
Saganaga United Kingdom, 5,454 GRT, 30 killed, sunk....
29th of September 1942,
Ocean Vagabond United Kingdom, 7,174 GRT, 1 killed, damaged....
21st of June 1943,
Venezia Swede,n 1,673 GRT, 0 killed, sunk....
25th of June 1943,
Eagle United States, 6,003 GRT, 0 killed, damaged....
1st of July 1943,
Tutoya Brazil, 1,125 GRT, 7 killed, sunk....
3rd of July 1943,
Elihu B. Washburne United States, 7,176 GRT, 0 killed, sunk....
16th of July 1943,
Richard Caswell United States, 7,177GRT, 9 killed, sunk....