| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U-179 |
| Ordered: | 28 May 1940 |
| Builder: | AG Weser, Bremen |
| Yard number: | 1019 |
| Laid down: | 15 January 1941 |
| Launched: | 18 November 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 7 March 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 8 October 1942[1] |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Class & type: | Type IXD2 |
| Displacement: |
1,610 t (1,580 long tons) surfaced 1,799 t (1,771 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
87.6 m (287 ft 5 in) overall 68.5 m (224 ft 9 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) overall 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × MAN M9V40/46 supercharged 9-cylinder diesel engines, 4,400 hp (3,300 kW) 2 × SSW GU345/34 double-acting electric motors, 1,000 hp (740 kW) |
| Speed: |
20.8 knots (38.5 km/h) surfaced 6.9 knots (12.8 km/h) submerged |
| Range: |
12,750 nmi (23,610 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 213 nmi (394 km) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Complement: | 55 to 63 |
| Armament: |
6 × torpedo tubes (four bow, two stern) 1 × Utof 105 mm/45 deck gun with 110 rounds 24 × 55 cm (22 in) G7e torpedoes |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
4th U-boat Flotilla (7 March–31 August 1942) 10th U-boat Flotilla (1 September–30 September 1942) 12th U-boat Flotilla (1 October 1942–8 October 1942) |
| Commanders: |
Korvkpt. Ernst Sobe (7 March–8 October 1942) |
| Operations: | One patrol: 15 August–8 October 1942 |
| Victories: | One ship sunk, 6,558 gross register tons (GRT) |
German submarine U-179 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II.
Ordered on 28 May 1940, the U-boat was laid down on 15 January 1941 at the AG Weser yard in Bremen as 'werk' 1019, launched on 18 November, and commissioned on 7 March 1942, under the command of Korvettenkapitän Ernst Sobe.[2]
1st patrol and loss
U-178 sailed from Kiel on 8 September 1942 into the Atlantic, passing north of Scotland and then turned southwest through the 'gap' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. She headed south for the waters around Cape Town. She made her only kill on 8 October, sinking the unescorted SS City of Athens. All but one of the 99 crewmen survived. The survivors managed to recover a cat from the wreckage after the sinking.[3]
The boat was sunk by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Active west southwest of Cape Town in South Africa on 8 October 1942. Sixty-one men died, there were no survivors.
References
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 91
- ↑ "The Type IXD2 boat U-178 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. http://uboat.net/boats/u179.htm. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2247.html
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Coordinates: 33°28′S 17°05′E / 33.467°S 17.083°E
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