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. Flottille (active service)
1 Oct 1942 - 8 Oct 1942 12. Flottille (active service)
Successes - 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 6,558 GRT
Fate: Sunk 8 Oct 1942 in the South Atlantic near Cape Town, South Africa, in position 33.28S, 17.05E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Active. 61 dead (all hands lost).
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Above the British merchant City of Athens sunk by U-179 some 13 miles from the point where the U 179 was sunk by RN Destroyer HMS ACTIVE seen in the picture below. Photo www.photoship.co.uk
Photo. www.navalhistory.net