List of all U-boats
U-158
Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Sep 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Nov 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1000) | ||||||||
| Launched | 21 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 25 Sep 1941 | Kptlt. Erwin Rostin (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Successes | 17 ships sunk, total tonnage 101,321 GRT 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 15,264 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 30 June, 1942 west of the Bermudas, in position 32.50N, 67.28W, by depth charges from a US Mariner aircraft (USN VP-74/P-1). 56 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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All 54 crew members and two prisoners taken from the Latvian merchant Everalda were lost in the sinking of U-158.
Attacks on this boat
30 Jun 1942
The sinking of U-158: On 29 June, U-158 had captured several confidential documents during the sinking of the Everalda south-southwest of Bermuda. Rostin reported details about them to the BdU and his lengthy wireless signals were picked up by Allied stations, allowing them to pinpoint the position of the U-boat by radio direction finding. In the afternoon on 30 June, a PBM-3C Mariner flying boat (VP-74 USN/P-1, pilot Lt Richard E. Schreder) on anti-submarine patrol from Bermuda was redirected to the area, picked up a radar contact while flying in low clouds and completely surprised the U-boat on the surface by diving out of the sun, dropping two depth charges that detonated directly underneath the stern and caused her to sink immediately, leaving behind a large field of wreckage and oil. All 54 crew members and two prisoners taken from Everalda were lost.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-158 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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