U-65
| Country | Germany |
| Ship Class | Type IX-class Submarine |
| Builder | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
| Yard Number | 953 |
| Ordered | 16 Jun 1937 |
| Laid Down | 6 Dec 1938 |
| Launched | 6 Nov 1939 |
| Commissioned | 15 Dec 1940 |
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| 21 Jun 1940 | At 0817 hours, the 1,177-ton unescorted Dutch steamer Berenice, carrying 1,000 tons of manganese ore and 22 passengers, was hit by one torpedo amidships by German submarine U-65 (Kapitänleutnant Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen) just off the island of Belle Île, France, causing her to sink within three minutes, killing 21 passengers and some of the crewmembers. A coastal vessel picked up nine survivors, including the master and Marsman's wife, the only surviving passenger. |
| 22 Jun 1940 | At 1804 hours, German submarine U-65 reported the sinking of an unescorted tanker of 7,000 tons with a spread of two G7e torpedoes about 70 miles southwest of Penmarch in the Bay of Biscay. The ship was immediately covered in burning oil and apparently broke in two before it sank. The ship was the 7,011-ton French tanker Monique. |
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