U 975
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 Coat of arms of the boat, the city arms of his godfather city Chemnitz |
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| Type : | VII C |
| Field Post Number : | 43 633 |
| Shipyard: | Blohm + Voss , Hamburg |
| Construction contract: | June 5, 1941 |
| Build number: | 175 |
| Keel laying: | July 10, 1942 |
| Launch: | March 24, 1943 |
| Commissioning: | April 29, 1943 |
| Commanders: |
Hans-Joachim Ebersbach |
| Calls: | an enterprise |
| Sinkings: |
no |
| Whereabouts: | handed over to British forces on May 30, 1945 |
U 975 was a German submarine from the Type VII C , a so-called "Atlantic Boat", which by the former German Navy during the submarine war in the Second World War in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea was used among other things as a minelayer.
Construction and technical data
A VII C-boat was propelled by two diesel engines while it was crossing the water and reached a speed of 17 knots . Under water, a submarine could make a speed of 7.6 kn with the help of the two electric motors. U 975 was built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg . The keel was laid on June 10, 1942. Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Joachim Ebersbach put the boat into service on April 29, 1943.
Commitment and history
From April 29 to January 1944, U 975 was part of the 5th U-Flotilla as a training boat and was stationed in Kiel . In November 1943 Ebersbach handed over the command to Oberleutnant z. S. Paul Frerks. He completed the training of the crew, but had to give up command again as a result of disciplinary proceedings. His successor was First Lieutenant Hubert Jeschke, who held command until July 16, 1944. During this time, U 975 was used as a front boat in the 3rd U-Flotilla .
Commander Jeschke left Kiel on May 24, 1944 for his only patrol with this boat. The objective of the company's operations was to take a defensive position off the Norwegian coast with the U-Bootgruppe Mitte near Stavanger . With the arrival at the base in Stavanger on June 16, the company was already over.
From June 1944, U 975 made various relocation and transfer trips. At the end of the month the boat went from Stavanger to Bergen , then from here to Kristiansand . Finally, U 975 moved from Kristiansand to Kiel at the end of July, where it remained until the end of the war.
Sinking
On April 24, 1945, Lieutenant Wilhelm Brauel took command of the U 975 . After the end of the war, he transferred the boat first to Scapa Flow , then to Lisahally, the port of Londonderry . Finally, the boat was brought to Moville , where U 975 was sunk on February 9, 1946 by artillery fire from the British frigate HMS Loch Arkaig .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodo Herzog: German U-Boats 1906-1966 , Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1996, ISBN 3-86070-036-7 . Page 196
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