List of all U-boats
U-178
Type | IXD2 | ||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 28 May 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 24 Dec 1940 | AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1018) | |||||||||||||||
Launched | 25 Oct 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 14 Feb 1942 | Fregkpt. Hans Ibekken | |||||||||||||||
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Career 3 patrols |
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Successes | 13 ships sunk, total tonnage 87,030 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 6,348 GRT | ||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Scuttled 25 Aug 1944 at Bordeaux, France as she was not seaworthy in time to escape the Allied advance. Broken up in 1947. | ||||||||||||||||
Attacks on this boat and other events
15 Nov 1942
While operating off Durban (Nov 13-15) the boat was attacked by Allied aircraft several times and on one occasion 3 bombs fell close, but without causing damage. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 78)
24 May 1943
06.05 hrs, off Capetown, South Africa: the boat was attacked by a Dutch Catalina flying boat (RAF Sqn 321/Z) while tracking a small convoy. Three bombs dropped. No damage, but the convoy escaped. (Sources: Rohwer / Blair, vol 2, page 301)
6 Nov 1943
The British submarine HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO, DSC, RN) fired five torpedoes at a U-boat leaving Penang. All missed. The location was 05º27N, 100º04E. The target was U-178, which had left Penang bound for Singapore that day. Two torpedo tracks were sighted by the Germans.
3 recorded attacks on this boat.
General notes on this boat
The British submarine HMS Tally-Ho (Lt.Cdr. L.W.A. Bennington, DSO, DSC, RN) fired 5 torpedoes at a U-boat leaving Penang. All missed. The location was 05º27'N, 100º04'E. The target was U-178, which had left Penang bound for Singapore that day. Two torpedo tracks were sighted by the Germans.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-178 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 4 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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