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U-537

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U-537

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Type IXC/40 submarine. Laid down at Hamburg on 10 April 1942 and commissioned on 27 January 1943. Kapitänleutnant Peter Schrewe had her for her whole life. In October 1943 she set up Weather Station Kurt in Labrador. She reached Batavia in August 1944 with the Monsun boats. On 10 November 1944, a day out of Surabaya and bound for the west coast of Australia, the submarine Flounder sank her in the Java Sea, east of Surabaya, with all 58 men. She sank no ships.

TypeSubmarine (SS)
BuilderDeutsche Werft, Hamburg
Launched1942-11-07
Commissioned1943-01-27
FateSunk. At 0026 on 10 November 1944, in the Java Sea east of Surabaya, torpedoes from Flounder (SS-251) sank her. She had left Surabaya the day before, bound for the west coast of Australia, and had been at sea about fourteen hours. uboat.net prints the place as 7°13' S, 115°17' E. Fifty-eight men, all hands. Kapitänleutnant Peter Schrewe was lost with her. The commander list dates his death 9 November. She sank no ships.
Command
  • Schrewe, Peter Commanding officer from commissioning, 27 January 1943; Lost with her at 0026 on 10 November 1944. The commander list dates his death 9 November.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

U-537 at anchor in Martin Bay, Labrador, on 22 October 1943, the day her crew landed Weather Station Kurt. Taken from the station site on the Hutton Peninsula. The hull number is not readable in this view. Bundesarchiv photograph. Public domain.

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Command

Peter SchreweSchrewe, PeterCommanding officer from commissioning, 27 January 1943Lost with her at 0026 on 10 November 1944. The commander list dates his death 9 November.

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