U-675

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered5 Jun 1941
Laid down 9 Apr 1942 Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 824)
Launched8 May 1943
Commissioned14 Jul 1943Oblt. Karl-Heinz Sammler
Commanders
14 Jul 1943 - 24 May 1944  Oblt. Karl-Heinz Sammler
Career1 patrol 14 Jul 1943 - 30 Apr 1944  5. Flottille (training)
1 May 1944 - 24 May 1944  6. Flottille (front boat)
SuccessesNo ships sunk or damaged
Fate

Sunk 24 May, 1944 west of Alesund, in position 62.27N, 03.04E, by depth charges from a British Sunderland aircraft (Sqdn. 4/R). 51 dead (all hands lost).

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Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-675 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2

Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.