#Type IXC/40

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Sous-marin allemand U-185 coulé après une attaque combinée de plusieurs avions de l'USS Core (CVE-13) – Bataille de l’Atlantique – 24 août 1943

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Lors de sa 3ème patrouille dans l'océan Atlantique le sous-marin allemand U-185 de type IXC/40 commandé par le Kapitänleutnant August Maus est coulé le 24 août 1943 par des avions du porte-avions d'escorte de la marine américaine USS Core (CVE-13).

25 hommes du U-185 et neuf survivants du U-604, sabordé 13 jours auparavant suite à une attaque aérienne, ont été secourus.

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“Taking a Bite Out Of Convoy XK-2” Eighty Years Ago, Yesterday: (Friday) March 5th, 1942: 282 miles northwest of Muxia, Portugal, U-130 (Type IXC) hits Convoy XK-2 – hard. Her torpedoes claim four British steamers. “SS Empire Tower” (No Photo Available) is gone in 60 seconds with her cargo of 6532 tons of iron ore – and with 40 of her crewmen. Only six men are pulled from the sea. “SS Fidra” (Photo 1) goes to the bottom with 17 of her crew, and 2300 tons of iron ore; 12 men are rescued. Next goes the “SS Ger-y-Bryn” (No Photo Available). 8181 tons of badly needed produce go with her, but miraculously, none of her crew. All Hands – 37 men – abandon ship and are safely rescued. “SS Trefusis” is the fourth victim. Three men, and 7,400 tons of iron ore are lost with the ship. 44 men are rescued. Meanwhile, at the top of the world, another convoy attack occurs that claims an American ship, and damages another. 270 miles northwest of Tromso, Norway, and over 400 miles north of the Artic Circle, U-255 (Type VIIC) stalks Convoy RA-53 as it returns from Russia, bound for the British Isles. After a near miss, her torpedo finds the “SS Executive” (Photo 3). Nine men are killed in the attack, but 53 others are rescued. SS Executive, however, is determined not to go… though mortally wounded, she stays afloat. Reluctantly, the escorting destroyers have to finish her off with 3-inch guns. The ship, and her 1,500 tons of precious potassium chloride, go to the bottom of the Norwegian Sea. Nearby, U-255 also damages the American Liberty ship “SS Richard Bland.” The torpedo doesn’t explode, but hits the ship with such force it GOES THROUGH ONE SIDE, AND OUT THE OTHER LIKE A DRILL BIT. An eight foot wide entrance and exit wound are in her starboard, and port sides, respectively. No one is killed in the attack, and despite the gaping holes, she reduces speed and stays with the convoy… for now. Convoy RA-53’s woes are just beginning. And it’s just another day… (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpdzkn7taCG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Type IXC/40 U-Boat U-185 foundering in the mid-Atlantic after an aerial depth charge attack by a TBF-1 Avenger from Escort Carrier USS Core, 24 Aug ust1943. 36 were rescued while 43 perished. by War History Online Via Flickr: wrhstol.com/2xg2eRF

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“No Survivors Yet Again”   Eighty Years Ago, Yesterday: (Friday) February 20th, 1943.  Convoy ONS-165 suffers another loss in rough weather. The previous day, she lost the Greek “SS Zeus” with All Hands. Today, another ship suffers the same fate. 520 miles northeast of St. Johns, Newfoundland, the British steamer “SS Radhurst” (Photo 1) is sunk by U-525 (Type IXC/40). The ship is gone in barely three minutes. And with her, go All Hands. 42 Men die with their ship – there are No Survivors.  Meanwhile, in the continuing storm in the Mediterranean, the Germans lose four Siebelfähre (aka, Siebel Ferry; sister ship, Photo 2) in the waters between Tunisia and Sicily. SF-99, SF-209, SF-215, and SF-216 are lost in the gale; casualties unspecified.   🇺🇲🇺🇲 ** Please Like & Follow "Sandy Hook History" on Facebook & Instagram for more amazing maritime and military histories of the Garden State and New York Harbor as well as a review of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle Of The Atlantic and World War 2** 🇺🇲🇺🇲 Photos: 1, uboat.net; 2, PubDom wc#visitmonmouth #newjerseybuzz #thejournalnj #locallivingnj #journeythroughjersey #centraljerseyexists #discovernj #yesnj #newjerseyhistory #newjerseyforyou #sandyhookbeach #sandyhooknj #sandyhookhistory #forthancockhistory #forthancock #battleoftheatlantic #convoybattle #kriegsmarine #uboats #uboat #nosurvivors #lostatsea #battleofthemediterranean #siebelferry #lostinastorm #foundered #ragingsea #stormatsea #oceanstorm #foulweather (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co7tzS3gVEo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Southern Waters” For all the carnage in the north, it must be remembered that the Battle of The Atlantic was fought from the Barents Sea above Norway, to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa up into the indian Ocean… and all points in between. Today’s attack is such an example. Eighty Years Ago, Today – (Thursday) February 18th, 1943, 56 miles northeast of Salvador, Brazil: The Brazilian freighter “SS Brasiloide” (Photo 1)  is outbound from Maceio, heading south. She is sunk by U-518 (Type IXC) with a pair of torpedoes; the latter breaks her in half. Miraculously, all 50 Crewmen escape and survive the sinking. Meanwhile,  in the Mediterranean, a British torpedo bombers find a perfect target 40 miles northeast of Palermo, Sicily. One attack run later, the 5,891 ton Italian transport “SS Col. Di Lana” (Photo 2)  is on her way to the bottom.  (Casualties Unknown) She isn’t Fascist Italy’s only loss today. West of Sicily, a gale breaks out, sinking the diminutive “RD-24” (Sister Ship, Photo 3), a “Regio Dragamine” class minesweeper of the Regia Marina. (Casualties Unknown) Just another day… 🇺🇲🇺🇲 ** Please Like & Follow "Sandy Hook History" on Facebook & Instagram for more amazing maritime and military histories of the Garden State and New York Harbor as well as a review of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle Of The Atlantic and World War 2** 🇺🇲🇺🇲 Photos: 1-3, wrecksite.eu #visitmonmouth #newjerseybuzz #thejournalnj #locallivingnj #journeythroughjersey #centraljerseyexists #discovernj #yesnj #newjerseyhistory #newjerseyforyou #sandyhookbeach #sandyhooknj #sandyhookhistory #forthancockhistory #forthancock #battleoftheatlantic #kriegsmarine #uboats #uboat #torpedoattack #brazilianhistory #braziliancoast #battleofthemediterranean #regiamarina #italiannavy #britishroyalnavy #royalairforce #lostatsea #foundered #torpedobomber (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coz6oxcgRxd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“A Brutal Swap” 80 Years Ago, Yesterday: (Mon) Feb 15, 1943: The Battle Of The Atlantic is a story of outright savage attrition. Breaking even in the Atlantic meant that you bled just as much as your adversary did, and horrifying one-to-one swaps in ships and lives are all too common. Such is the case today. U-529 is a Type IXC/40 U-Boat. She has a veteran skipper, 25-year old Georg-Werner Fraatz, who has 6 kills and 3 damaged ships to his credit in other boats. Taking command of U-529 in September 1942, he trains with his crew in the Baltic. Ready for sea, U-529 casts off lines in Kiel, Germany, heading out on their first patrol. The British Royal Air Force makes it their last. 545 miles southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland, U-529 is jumped by an American-built Consolidated B-24 Liberator 4-engine bomber assigned to 120 Squadron of the RAF’s Coastal Command. Caught on the surface, she’s dead meat. A crash dive comes too late as the bomber roars over the sub and scores perfectly with depth charges. Broken open, U-529 floods and plunges to the sea floor, far too fast for anyone to escape. She takes All Hands – 48 Officers and Men – with her in an instant. However, the victory is short-lived, and in terms of lives, unbalanced. 509 miles to the southwest, the Germans hit back. The American Tanker “SS Atlantic Sun” is outbound from Iceland, heading for New York. She, too is a veteran of the Battle of The Atlantic, surviving a torpedo hit from U-124 off North Carolina on 3/16/1942. Straggling from the protective cover of Convoy ON-165, her number comes up for the last time. 574 miles northeast of St. Johns, Newfoundland, U-607 drives 2 torpedoes into her. The torpedoes don’t blow her up, but they DO blow her in two. The bow sinks, but the stern stays afloat. Some of the crew abandon ship, then return to the floating stern section. They are still onboard when U-607 puts another torpedo into it, sinking it. By now, only a handful of men are left alive in one boat, or in the water. The German sub plucks one man out as a POW and leaves. He will be Atlantic Sun’s only survivor. 66 die in the sinking, or in the freezing seas. Just another day.... (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cou0tCRAfBY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“An Absolutely Gut-Wrenching Day” 80 Years Ago, Today – (Mon) December 7th, 1942: If you thought what happened yesterday to Convoy ON-149 was bad (2 ships sunk, 171 Dead and 1 Survivor) … this is far worse. In the middle of nowhere, 515 miles west of the Azores, the U-Boats inflict catastrophic loss. U-515 (Type IXC) draws down on a very fat target: the 18,000 ton British passenger steamer “SS Ceramic” (Pic 1) On board are 655 people – 280 crew and 244 passengers, including women and at least 12 children. In heavy seas, cold temperatures, and with a storm approaching, the stage is set for one of the most gruesome attacks of the war. Three torpedoes bring her to a halt and she starts to settle. In total darkness, and in heavy rain, the passengers and crew conduct an orderly evacuation. The storm gathers steam, dumping lifeboats constantly. U-515 returns to the attack site and surfaces the following day, in what is now a Force 10 Storm on the Beaufort Scale, with winds over 50 knots and waves over 30 feet. It rages into one of the worst storms on record in that area. U-515 is almost swamped as she looks for a survivor to interrogate. They find ONE man left alive, and take him onboard. The 654 others never stand a chance. Arriving after the storm, rescue ships find absolutely nothing. They aren’t the storm’s only victims. Nearby, U-185 (IXC/40) sinks the British freighter “SS Peter Maersk.” (Pic 2) In the massive storm, her survivors don’t last long. We’ll never know what happened, because All Hands – 67 Passengers and Crew – vanish without a trace. The carnage isn’t over. In the Indian Ocean, 26 miles southeast of Siane, Portugese East Africa (present-day Mozambique), the Greek steamer “SS Saronikos” (Pic 3) is sunk by U-177 (IXD2). 31 dead with only 2 survivors on a raft. They make landfall 9 days later. Matching tragedy with absurdity, the “Kromwijk,” a Dutch-built powered-barge, captured by the Germans in 1940 (Pic 4, before capture).Carrying a load of bricks, she’s a mile and a half off the Island of Jersey, when the British RAF finds her. In short order, she’s on the bottom. Just another horrible day... (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4wz12NXTh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Another Grim Day” 80 Years Ago, Today - (Tuesday) Nov 17th, 1942: Leading off, U-184 (Type IXC/40) attacks Convoy ONS-144 in the middle of nowhere… the nearest land is Greenland… 440 miles to the northwest. Her spread of torpedoes sinks two ships: The British steamer “SS Widestone” (Photo 1) She takes All Hands – 42 Men – with her. NO SURVIVORS The second ship is the Greek steamer “SS Mount Taurus” (Photo 2) 2 Dead, 38 Survivors. In the Caribbean, a rather unique scene plays out in the loss of the “SS City of Corinth,” a British Steamer (Photo 3) She is torpedoes and sunk by U-508 (IXC) with 11 Dead, and 76 Survivors, who are rescued by the quite diminutive US Navy Submarine Chaser USS PC-536 (Photo 4). In the Mediterranean: The Italian coaster (small merchant ship) “SS Aprile (Photo 5, under previous name), randomly explodes one mile east of La Goulette, Tunisia; 8 dead, 4 Survivors. The Italian tanker “SS Giulio Giordani” (Photo 6) is torpedoed and set afire by the British Royal Air Force off of Misurata, Libya. 39 Dead (Italians and Germans, 102 Survivors. The hulk, still burning, was finished off two days later by the British Navy Submarine HMS Porpoise (N-14, Grampus-Class, Photo 7) The Italian troopship “SS Piemonte” (Photo 8) is torpedoed north of Sicily by HMS Umbra (P-35, U-Class, Photo 9. She is only damaged and thus beached, and then refloated. In the Baltic, the German cargo ship “SS Hindenburg” (Photo 10) is carrying 1000 Russian POWs when she hits a mine 25 miles south of Uto, Finland. 6 POW’s are killed, the ship taken in tow, and then promptly torpedoed and sunk by Russian Navy submarine “L3” (L-Class, No Photo) Casualties from sinking unknown. As for the U-Boats, U-566 and U-613, both VIIC’s, are damaged in air attacks. U-331 (VIIC) is depth charged and damaged 48 mils northwest of Algier by a Lockheed Hudson of the RAF’s 500 Squadron. Damaged and unable to dive, she hoists the white flag and her crew assembles on deck. For reasons unknown, Royal Navy carrier planes scream in and attack, and sink her with a torpedo. 32 Officers and Men are killed, and 17 more are rescued. Just another day… (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClFuvEhNj0h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“A Routine Day Of Sinkings” 80 Years Ago, Today - (Sunday) November 8th, 1942: It’s a routine day from South Africa to the Caribbean… four sunk, two damaged, and the U-Boats get away without a scratch. (All U-Boats in today’s post are Type IXC’s, unless specified otherwise) 675 miles southeast of Dakar, Africa, U-128 torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian freighter “SS Majola” (Photo 1), part of Convoy ON-138. However, she doesn't go down without a fight - U128 has to expend nearly 200 rounds of deck gun and anti-aircraft ammo to finish her off. 2 Dead, 39 Survivors. 268 miles northeast of Martinique in the Caribbean, U-154 torpedoes and sinks the British steamer “SS D´Entrecasteaux” (Photo 2). 3 Dead, 63 Survivors. Back to Africa, 50 miles southwest of Axim, Gold Coast (present day Ghana), an attack on Convoy ST-40 by U-161 yields one sunk and one damaged: “SS Benalder” (Photo 3), a British steamer, is damaged with 7 Dead and 52 Survivors; she is towed to safety and repaired. However, the American steamer “SS West Humhaw” (Photo 4), is not so lucky. She goes to the bottom, miraculously with No Fatalities – all 59 crewmen are rescued. Further south, 158 miles southeast of St. Francis Bay, South Africa, the Panamanian steamer “SS Plaudit” (Photo 5) falls to U-181 (IXD2). 3 men are killed, and 46 others are rescued. Rounding out the tally sheet, we return to the Caribbean – U-67 squares down on the British “SS Capo Olmo.” (Photo 6) About 9 and a half miles north of Trinidad, a single torpedo blasts a massive hole in her starboard side – 60 feet by 27 feet! She settles by the bow, but doesn’t sink. With her engines in good order, she limps for her life, running an anti-submarine zigzag course, until she reaches Trinidad, and then beaches herself. All 64 crew and passengers - and the ship - live to fight another day. Just another day… 🇺🇲🇺🇲 ** Please Like & Follow "Sandy Hook History" on Facebook & Instagram for more amazing maritime and military histories of the Garden State and New York Harbor as well as a review of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle Of The Atlantic and World War 2** 🇺🇲🇺🇲 (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckumlv-M4VY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“8 More – and a Savage Turn Of Events For a U-Boat” 80 Years Ago, Yesterday - (Wed) Nov 4th, 1942: Leading off, U-126 (Type IXC) sinks the British steamer “SS Oued Grou” (Pic 1) 41 miles southeast of Agge, Nigeria; 5 Dead, 34 Survivors. On the other side of Africa, in the Indian Ocean, the Norwegian steamer “SS Hai Hing” (Pic 2) falls prey to U-178 (IXD2) 37 miles off Maputo, Mozambique; 25 Dead, 42 Survivors. 40 miles to the northeast, U-178 kills again: the British “SS Trekieve” (Pic 3). 3 Dead, 47 Survivors. 318 miles north of Iceland – and the Arctic Circle – the American Liberty ship “SS William Clark” (Pic 4) is sunk by U-354 (Type VIIC). 2 life boats won’t be found for over ten days… the freezing conditions claim lives, and  frostbite claims limbs. Another lifeboat… simply vanishes, never to be seen again. All told, 31 men die in the sinking, on the open sea, or shortly after rescue. 40 men, near death, suvive. Lastly, the final mauling of Convoy SC-107 takes place about 340 miles southeast of Greenland: U-132 (VIIC) sinks 2: “SS Empire Lynx;” British steamer (Pic 5). No Dead, 43 Survivors. “SS Hobema;” Dutch steamer (Pic 6). 28 Dead, 16 Survivors. U-89 (VIIC) gets the British Steamer “SS Delaby.” (Pic 7) No Dead, 47 Survivors. U-132 mortally wounds the British “SS Hatimura.” (Pic  8). 4 men are killed, and 86 others make to the boats and pull for their lives to get the hell away from the burning ship – and her cargo of 200 tons of TNT, 250 tons of propellant (gun powder) and 300 tons of aerial incendiary bombs. She is, for all intents and purposes, 3/4 of a one-kiliton nuclear weapon. And she has one horrifying, savage act of vengeance left in her flaming hull. U-132 watches her burn from nearby, waiting for her to go down. In the fog of war, U-442 (VII), unaware of U-132, finds the burning ship as well and decides to finish her off. A single torpedo is all it takes. She goes up in one massive, violent  - and fatal - explosion. Hit by falling wreckage or ripped apart by the blast, U-132 is obliterated by her final victim. The shattered sub plunges to the seafloor, taking All Hands – 47 Officers and Men – with her. Just another day.... (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckmi3VwNLfx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“No Rest For The Weary” 80 Years Ago, Today - (Tuesday) November 3rd, 1942, Across the Atlantic: The hits just keep on coming – literally. In relatively the same area in the Caribbean in waters from 63 to about 80 miles west of Grenada, U-160 (Type IXC) carves up Convoy TAG-18 single-handedly. She bags and sinks no less than four ships: 1) “SS Charles J. Kampmann,” (Photo 1); Canadian steamer; 19 Dead, 8 Survivors. 2) “SS Gypsum Empress,” (No Photo); British steamer; No Fatalities - 40 Survivors 3) “SS Leda,” (Photo 2); Panamanian tanker; No Fatalities – 48 Survivors. Leda is only damaged, and taken in tow, but gives up the ghost and sinks on two days later on November 5th. 4) “SS Thorshavet,” (No Photo); Norwegian tanker; 3 Dead, 43 Survivors. Meanwhile, in attacks that are almost bookends off South Africa, two more ships are lost: 353 miles southwest of Cape Town, the American freighter “SS East Indian” (Photo 3) is sunk by U-181 (IXD2). As so often in these accounts, it is a very grim conclusion..23 passengers and crew never even get off the ship and go down with her… 34 other men on life rafts simply vanish into the southern seas, never to be seen again.. 17 men in one lifeboat are finally rescued… 13 days later. One of them dies shortly afterwards. All told, 58 Dead, 16 Survivors. Meanwhile, 165 miles southeast of Port Elizabeth (present day Gqeberha), U-504 (IXC) gets the Brazilian steamer “SS Porto Alegre.” (Photo 4) One Dead, 57 Survivors. Rounding out the carnage is another attack on Convoy SC-107 in the frozen waters 655 miles northeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland, hell and gone from land or safety in a U-Boat Kill Zone. U-521 (IXC) scores again when she gets the American tanker “SS Hahira” (Photo 5). 3 Dead, 53 Survivors. U-89 (VIIC) gets on the board with the British steamer “SS Jeypore” (Photo 6). One Dead, 90 Survivors. Another 8 ships, another 85 dead Allied sailors… and just another damn day in the Battle Of The Atlantic… (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkhlzXLtEun/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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U-Boot U-805 escorté par deux remorqueurs américains – 1945

Après la capitulation de l'Allemagne nazie, l'U-805 se rendit à l'US Navy le 14 mai 1945 près du chantier naval de l'US Navy de Portsmouth (New Hampshire), principale base de sous-marins de la région. L'US Navy le présenta dans plusieurs ports de la côte Est des États-Unis avant de le couler au large le 4 février 1946 (source Wikipédia).