German submarine U-175

German submarine U-175

Unterseeboot 175 was a German Type IXC U-Boat of the Kriegsmarine. Her keel was laid down on 30 January 1941 at the AG Weser shipyard of Bremen, and commissioned on 5 December 1941 with Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Bruns in command. She was sunk on 17 April 1943, south-west of Ireland, at position coord|47|53|N|22|04|W|scale:20000000, by depth charges and gunfire from the United States Coast Guard cutter USS Spencer. 13 of her crew were killed; there were 41 survivors.

She conducted 3 Patrols:
* 5 December 1941 - 31 August 1942 4. Flottille (training)
* 1 September 1942 - 17 April 1943 10. Flottille

She sank 10 ships for a total of 40,603 GRT.

Career

* At 11.11 hours on 4 October, 1942, when the merchant ship Caribstar was steaming a zigzag course off the mouth of the Orinoco River, she was sunk by U-175.

References

* [http://uboat.net/boats/u175.htm uboat.net webpage for U-175]


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