Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 23 Sep 1939 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 18 Dec 1939 | Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel (werk 5) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 10 May 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 21 Jun 1941 | Oblt. Unno von Fischel | ||||||||||||
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| Career 3 patrols |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 3,349 GRT 2 auxiliary warships sunk, total tonnage 992 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 12 Jan, 1942 in the western Mediterranean east of Cape Spartivento, in position 37.50N, 16.00E, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Unbeaten. 42 dead and 1 survivor | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-374 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Mordbrenner (16 Oct 1941 - 2 Nov 1941)
Attacks on this boat
2 Nov 1941
While shadowing convoy SC-42, discovered by this boat the day before, the boat was briefly attacked by the Canadian escort corvette HMCS Buctouche (K 179) with six depth charges but suffered only minor damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 1, page 376)
10 Jan 1942
The British destroyer HMS Legion (Cdr. R.F. Jessel, DSC, RN) and the Dutch destroyer HrMs Isaac Sweers (Cdr. W. Harmsen) attacked U-374 with depth charges. She escaped but was damaged and unable to submerge.
U-374 was sunk two days later by the British submarine HMS Unbeaten (Lt.Cdr. E.A. Woodward, DSO, RN).
2 recorded attacks 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-374 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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