in 1944. Actual fates of U-571, S-33 and Z-49 The actual , captained by Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Lüssow, was never involved in any such events, was not captured, but was in fact lost with all hands on 28 January 1944, west of Ireland. She was hit by depth charges, dropped from a Short Sunderland Mk III flying boat, EK577, callsign "D for Dog", belonging to No. 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and based at RAF Pembroke Dock in Wales. The aircraft's commander, Flt Lt Richard Lucas, reported that most of the U-boat's 52 crew managed to abandon ship, but all died from hypothermia. The real was stationed in the Pacific Ocean from June 1942 until the end of the war. She was sold for scrap in 1946. The Kriegsmarine destroyer Z-49 was ordered on 12 June 1943 but never laid down, let alone completed and sailed. See also Submarine films History of cryptology – World War II cryptology References Sources External links U-571 at the TCM Movie Database BBC Movies 11 January 2001: U-571 (2000) BBC Movies: American Histories - How The War Wasn't Won The Guardian, 26 February 2009: U-571: You give historical films a bad name 2000 films 2000s action war films American action war films Films about anti-fascism English-language French films French action films StudioCanal films Universal Pictures films U-boat fiction World War II submarine films Films that won the Best Sound Editing Academy Award Films directed by Jonathan Mostow Films produced by Dino De Laurentiis Films produced by Martha De Laurentiis Films with screenplays by David Ayer Films about submarine warfare Films about the United States Navy Films set in the Atlantic Ocean Film controversies Film controversies in the United States French war drama films French World War II films 2000s American films 2000s French films