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U-175

Type

IXC

 
Ordered23 Dec, 1939
Laid down 30 Jan, 1941 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1015)
Launched2 Sep, 1941
Commissioned5 Dec, 1941Kptlt. Heinrich Bruns
Commanders
5 Dec, 1941 - 17 Apr, 1943  KrvKpt. Heinrich Bruns
Career3 patrols 5 Dec, 1941 - 31 Aug, 1942  4. Flottille (training)
1 Sep, 1942 - 17 Apr, 1943  10. Flottille (front boat)
Successes10 ships sunk for a total of 40.619 GRT
Fate

Sunk 17 April, 1943 south-west of Ireland, in position 47.53N, 22.04W, by depth charges and gunfire from the US Coast Guard cutter USS Spencer. 13 dead and 41 survivors.

See the 10 ships hit by U-175 - View the 3 war patrols

Attacks on this boat

2 Oct, 1942
The boat was attacked twice by an American B-18 aircraft (USAF) but suffered no damage.

1 Jan, 1943
At 18.53 hours, the boat was attacked by a British Catalina aircraft (RAF Sqdn 270 / V) with 5 bombs off Sierra Leone and suffered minor damages. (Sources: Rohwer/Ritschel)

30 Jan, 1943
At 16.57 hours, the returning boat was attacked by a British Catalina aircraft (RAF Sqdn 270 / G) with 6 bombs southwest of Dakar. The extensive damages limited the ability to dive and a trace of oil caused a serious loss of fuel that had to be replenished from U-118 (Czygan) on 11 February. (Sources: Rohwer/Ritschel)

3 recorded attacks on this boat.

General notes on this boat

Another Commanding officer?
There is a rather common misunderstanding that Gerhardt Muntz commanded U-175. This is found in variety of sources but is not true and no U-boat commander with that name existed in WWII and certainly not on U-175.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-175 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



Shadows on the Horizon

Haskell, Winthrop A.

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Books dealing with this subject include:

Bloody Winter, Waters, John M., 1994 (transl.)
German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998
Sea, Surf and Hell, Mercey, Arch A. (editor), 1945
Shadows on the Horizon, Haskell, Winthrop A., 1998
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