U-625
Type | VIIC | |||||||
| Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||
| Laid down | 28 Jul 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 601) | ||||||
| Launched | 15 Apr 1942 | |||||||
| Commissioned | 4 Jun 1942 | Oblt. Hans Benker | ||||||
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| Career | 10 patrols | 4 Jun 1942 - 30 Sep 1942 8. Flottille (training) 1 Oct 1942 - 31 Oct 1942 3. Flottille (front boat) 1 Nov 1942 - 31 May 1943 11. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jun 1943 - 31 Oct 1943 13. Flottille (front boat) 1 Nov 1943 - 10 Mar 1944 1. Flottille (front boat) | ||||||
| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 18,751 GRT 2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 1,129 GRT | |||||||
| Fate | Sunk 10 March, 1944 west of Ireland, in position 52.35N, 20.19W, by depth charges from a Canadian Sunderland aircraft (RCAF Sqdn. 422/U). 53 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||
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Attacks on this boat
2 Jan 1944
At 21.38 hours, the inbound boat was attacked by a Leigh Light equipped British Liberator aircraft (224 Sqdn RAF/G, pilot P/O J.E. Edwards) in the Bay of Biscay. U-625 initially opened fire with the AA guns and one hit was scored on the port side of the aircraft, wounding the radio operator with splinters, but then began to crash-dive. The commander Kptlt. Hans Benker cancelled the dive so that he and one crewman could recover the Naxos wire, but the order was not recognised and the boat continued the dive causing Benker and the other man to drown. (Sources: Blair, Clay)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
2 Jan 1944
During an attack by 2 Liberators (RAF Sqdn 224/C/G) the Commander, Kptlt. Hans Benker, and 1 man were lost overboard. The boat, on its return leg of the patrol, was damaged and returned to Brest on 6 Jan.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
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