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Ordered - 28 May 1940


Laid down - 15 Jan 1941 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1019)


Launched - 18 Nov  1941


Commissioned 7 Mar 1942 KrvKpt. Ernst Sobe


Commanders

7 Mar 1942 - 8 Oct 1942 FrgKpt. Ernst Sobe


Career 

1 patrol       


7 Mar 1942 - 31 Aug 1942  4. Flotille (training)


1  Sep  1942 - 30 Sep 1942  10. Flotille (active service)


1 Oct 1942  -  8 Oct 1942  12. Flotille (active service)


Successes  U-179 had 1 ship sunk for a total of 6,558 GRT the British City of Athens.


Fate: Sunk 8 Oct 1942 in the South Atlantic near Cape Town, South Africa, in position 33º.28'S 17º.05'E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Active.


61 dead (all hands lost).


By www.uboat.net.


 CITY OF ATHENS


 

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