List of all U-boats
U-545
Type | IXC/40 | |||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Aug 1942 | Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg (werk 366) | ||||||||
| Launched | 3 Mar 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 19 May 1943 | Kptlt. Gert Mannesmann | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,359 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Scuttled on 10 Feb, 1944 west of the Hebrides, in position 58.17N, 13.22W, after crippling damage from 4 depth charges dropped by a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 612/O). 1 dead and 56 survivors. | |||||||||
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The boat was in fact attacked by two aircraft. The other one, a Canadian Wellington (Sqdn 407), was shot down during the attack.
The survivors were picked up by U-714 after a while and taken to St. Nazaire, France. Kptlt. Mannesmann then commanded U-2502. He died in an air raid on Hamburg on 8 April, 1945.
Wolfpack operations
U-545 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Rügen 2 (23 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943)
Rügen 1 (28 Dec 1943 - 7 Jan 1944)
Rügen (7 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944)
Stürmer (26 Jan 1944 - 3 Feb 1944)
Igel 1 (3 Feb 1944 - 10 Feb 1944)
Attacks on this boat
10 Feb 1944
Aircraft attack, aircraft shot down:British Wellington (Sqdn 407)
U-545 was scuttled after this attack
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
26 Jan 1944
The I WO was washed overboard in the North Atlantic. [Oberleutnant zur See Hans Wilkening]
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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