List of all U-boats
U-158
Type | IXC | |||||||||
| Ordered | 25 Sep 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 1 Nov 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1000) | ||||||||
| Launched | 21 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 25 Sep 1941 | Kptlt. Erwin Rostin (Knights Cross) | ||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | 17 ships sunk, total tonnage 101,321 GRT 2 ships damaged, total tonnage 15,264 GRT | |||||||||
| Fate |
Sunk on 30 June 1942 in the North Atlantic west of the Bermuda, in position 32.50N, 67.28W, by depth charges from a US Mariner aircraft (VP-74 USN/P-1). 54 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||
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All 54 crew members and two prisoners taken from the Latvian merchant Everalda were lost in the sinking of U-158.
Attacks on this boat and other events
30 Jun 1942
The sinking of U-158: U-158 had captured several confidential documents during the sinking of the Everalda SSW of Bermuda on 29 June. Rostin reported information from them to the BdU and his lengthy wireless signals were picked up by Allied stations, allowing them to pinpoint the position of the U-boat by radio direction finding. In the afternoon of 30 June a PBM-3C Mariner flying boat (VP-74 USN/P-1, pilot Lt Richard E. Schreder) on anti-submarine patrol from Bermuda was redirected to the area, picked up a radar contact while flying in low cloud, and completely surprised the U-boat on the surface by diving out of the sun, dropping two depth charges that detonated directly underneath the stern and caused her to sink immediately, leaving behind a large field of wreckage and oil. All 54 U-boat crew and two prisoners taken from Everalda were lost.
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-158 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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