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German submarine U-175

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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 47°53′N 22°04′W / 47.883°N 22.067°W / 47.883; -22.067, 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:

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.

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