German submarine U-475
VII C
M 53 401
German works, Kiel
306
July 7, 1943
July 7, 1943 - May 3, 1945 Oblt.z.S. Otto Stoeffler
10 patrols
1 warship (720 t)
U 475 was a German U- Boat Type VII C, which was used in World War II by the German Navy.
History
Construction and commissioning
The contract for the boat was awarded on 10 April 1941, the German Werke AG in Kiel. The keel was laid on September 5, 1942, which launched on 28 May 1943 to the putting under Lieutenant Otto Stoeffler finally took place on 7 July 1943.
Association membership
From July 1943 to July 1944 was one of the boat as a training boat for 5 U- Flotilla in Kiel, then to February 1945 still. Than training boat for 8 U- Flotilla in Gdansk Then the boat of 4 U- Flotilla was assigned in Szczecin and used as a front boat.
Use
U 475 took during his service from ten patrols in the Baltic Sea from Helsinki and later of Gdansk, on which a sinking and damage were recorded. On 28 July 1944 the Soviet patrol boat MO -107 was (56 tons ) is damaged by a torpedo and sunk on 31 October 1944, the Soviet landing craft SB-2 (720 tons).
Sinking
In Kiel scuttled the wreck in 1947 was canceled. U 475 lost no crew members during his period of service before the sinking.