U 475
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 City arms of Düsseldorf, godfather city of the boat |
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | M 53 401 |
| Shipyard: | German works , Kiel |
| Construction contract: | April 10, 1941 |
| Build number: | 306 |
| Keel laying: | September 5, 1942 |
| Launch: | May 28, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | July 7, 1943 |
| Commanders: |
July 7, 1943 - May 3, 1945 |
| Calls: | 5 activities |
| Sinkings: |
1 warship (720 t) |
| Whereabouts: | sunk in Kiel itself |
U 475 was a German submarine from the Type VII C , which in World War II by the German navy was used in the Baltic Sea.
history
During its service, U 475 patrolled the Baltic Sea from Helsinki and later from Gdansk . It could record a sinking and damage.
Construction and commissioning
The order for the boat was awarded to the Deutsche Werke AG in Kiel on April 10, 1941 . The keel was laid on September 5, 1942, the launch on May 28, 1943, the commissioning under Oberleutnant zur See Otto Stoeffler finally took place on July 7, 1943. Since the commandant came from Düsseldorf, the city donated the boat coat of arms as a sponsorship gift. It was brought back to Düsseldorf after the boat sank.
Association membership and stationing
From July 1943 to July 1944 the boat belonged as a training boat to the 5th U-Flotilla in Kiel , then until February 1945 as a front boat to the 8th U-Flotilla in Danzig. Then the boat was assigned to the 4th U-Flotilla stationed in Stettin as a front boat.
commitment
On July 4, 1944, U 475 left Kiel for its first venture. After a stop in Helsinki, the boat patrolled Narva Bay and the sea area off Koivisto . On July 28, 1944, the Soviet patrol boat MO-107 (56 tons) was damaged by a torpedo. U 475 ended its operation in Gdansk on September 6th . On October 14th it ran from here to another company. Was operational area of the Finnish and Gulf of Bothnia and the sea area off Hanko and Tallinn . On October 31, 1944, the Soviet landing craft SB-2 (720 tons) was sunk. In the winter of 1944/45, U 475 completed two further operations in these sea areas until it set off on its last voyage from Gdansk on March 19.
Sinking
The submarine returned to Kiel on March 21 and was sunk there by the crew themselves. The wreck was demolished in 1947. U 475 did not lose any crew members during its service life before the sinking.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 118.
- ^ Georg Högel: Emblems, coats of arms, Malings German submarines 1939-1945. 5th edition. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7822-1002-7 , p. 111.
- ↑ Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 366.
- ↑ a b Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 2: U-boat construction in German shipyards. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6 , p. 494.
- ↑ a b Rainer Busch, Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945. Volume 3: German submarine successes from September 1939 to May 1945. ES Mittler und Sohn, Hamburg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4 , p. 210.