U-755

Type

VIIC

Ordered

9 Oct, 1939

Laid down

11 Jan, 1940

Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven (werk 138)

Launched

23 Aug, 1941

Commissioned

3 Nov, 1941

Oblt. Walter Göing

Commanders

3 Nov, 1941 - 28 May, 1943

Kptlt. Walter Göing

Career

5 patrols

3 Nov, 1941 - 31 Jul, 1942  5. Flottille (training)
1 Aug, 1942 - 30 Nov, 1942  9. Flottille (front boat)
1 Dec, 1942 - 28 May, 1943  29. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

1 ship sunk for a total of 928 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 2.974 GRT

Fate

Sunk 28 May, 1943 in the Mediterranean north-west of Mallorca, in position 39.58N, 01.41E, by rockets from a British Hudson aircraft (608 Sqdn.). 40 dead and 9 survivors.

See the 3 ships hit by U-755 - View the 5 war patrols

The 9 survivors were saved by the Spanish destroyer Velasco.

Wolfpack operations

U-755 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Lachs (15 Aug, 1942 - 27 Sep, 1942)
Delphin (10 Nov, 1942 - 17 Nov, 1942)

Attacks on this boat

24 Sep, 1942
This was a difficult day for U-755. At 0549 hrs she was attacked by a convoy escort with gunfire; two hours later the boat unsuccessfully attacked convoy SC-100 with four torpedoes. She was attacked again at 1615 by an aircraft. Finally the boat was attacked by an escort at 1700, during which the boat was so heavily damaged that she had to return to base.

21 May, 1943
The U-755 was attacked by the British submarine HMS Sickle but the fired torpedoes missed.

26 May, 1943
At 06.26 hours, the boat was attacked by a British Hudson aircraft (500 Sqdn RAF, pilot S/L H.G. Holmes, DFC) 13 miles north of Alboran Island in the Mediterranean. The aircraft was hit in the port engine by AA fire during the first attack run, but dropped three depth charges. The Hudson then made two dive-bombing attacks and dropped first two and then one A/S bomb, one of them exploding just five yards off the port beam. The damaged engine then forced the pilot to return to base. Strafing had killed one crewman and wounded two others on U-755, which was forced to return to port due to heavy damages but was sunk in another air attack only 2 days later. (Sources: Franks/Zimmerman)

3 recorded attacks on this boat.

Men lost from the boat

26 May, 1943
During an air attack by a Hudson aircraft (RAF Sqdn 500) in the Mediterranean one man was killed and two men wounded. The boat was forced to return to port due to heavy damages but was sunk 2 days later.

Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -