U-675
Type | VIIC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 9 Apr 1942 | Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 824) | ||||||||
| Launched | 8 May 1943 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 14 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Karl-Heinz Sammler | ||||||||
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| Career 1 patrol |
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| Successes | No 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). | |||||||||
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.
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