U-372
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 23 Sep 1939 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 17 Nov 1939 | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (werk 3) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 8 Mar 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 19 Apr 1941 | Kptlt. Heinz-Joachim Neumann | ||||||||||||
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| Career 6 patrols |
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| Successes | 3 ships sunk for a total of 11,751 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 14,650 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 4 Aug, 1942 in the Mediterranean south-west of Haifa, in position 32.28N, 34.37E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Sikh and HMS Zulu and the escort destroyers HMS Croome and HMS Tetcott and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (221 Sqdn.). 48 survivors (no casualties). | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-372 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Brandenburg (15 Sep 1941 - 1 Oct 1941)
Störtebecker (16 Nov 1941 - 19 Nov 1941)
Steuben (19 Nov 1941 - 2 Dec 1941)
Attacks on this boat
5 Aug 1941
Having sunk 2 ships from the heavily escorted convoy SL-81 the boat was attacked in turn by its third intended victim, the British freighter Volturo, which also brought in the escort corvette HMS Zinnia that attempted ramming and fired her guns. The boat managed to dive and escape. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 333)
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-372 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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