U-105
Type | IXB | |||||||||
| Ordered | 24 May, 1938 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 16 Nov, 1939 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 968) | ||||||||
| Launched | 15 Jun, 1940 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 10 Sep, 1940 | Kptlt. Georg Schewe | ||||||||
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| Career | 9 patrols | 10 Sep, 1940 - 31 Dec, 1940 2. Flottille (training) 1 Jan, 1941 - 2 Jun, 1943 2. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||||
| Successes | 22 ships sunk for a total of 123.924 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1.546 tons | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 2 June, 1943 near Dakar, in position 14.15N, 17.35W, by depth charges from a one-of-a-kind French Potez-CAMS 141 flying boat named "Antarés" of Flotille d'exploration 4E, French Naval Air Force. 53 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
See the 23 ships hit by U-105 - View the 9 war patrols
Attacks on this boat
12 Jun, 1942
While crossing the Bay of Biscay during the day on 12 June, 1942 the boat was attacked by an Australian Sunderland aircraft from RAAF Sqdn 10. The U-boat sought shelter in El Ferrol, Spain right after the attack on the 12th of June and did not leave again until the 28th when she departed for Lorient which she reached on the 30th. She was apparently seriously damaged as she did not sail again until 23 Nov, 1942.
1 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
While crossing the Bay of Biscay during the day on 12 June, 1942 the boat was attacked by an Australian Sunderland aircraft from RAAF Sqdn 10.
The U-boat sought shelter in El Ferrol, Spain right after the attack on the 12th of June and did not leave again until the 28th when she departed for Lorient which she reached on the 30th. She was apparently seriously damaged as she did not sail again until 23 Nov, 1942.
The aircraft that got the boat
The 4-engine flying boat that sank U-105 was the only one of that design built. The aircraft, named after a star as tradition in the French Navy, was based at Dakar and she sank the boat after a 2 hour chase.
Men lost from the boat
16 May, 1941
The 105mm gun exploded during firing wounding 6 men.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 Maritime Is Number Ten - The Sunderland Era 1939-45, Baff, K.C. (Flight Lieutenant), 1983 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |
There was another U-105 in World War One
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 16 May, 1917 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 4 Jul, 1917. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918. Read about the U 105 during WWI.