List of all U-boats
U-625
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ordered | 15 Aug 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Laid down | 28 Jul 1941 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 601) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Launched | 15 Apr 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Commissioned | 4 Jun 1942 | Oblt. Hans Benker | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Career 10 patrols |
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Successes | 3 ships sunk, total tonnage 18,751 GRT 2 auxiliary warships sunk, total tonnage 1,129 GRT | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fate |
Sunk on 10 March 1944 in the North Atlantic west of Ireland, in position 52.35N, 20.19W, by depth charges from a Canadian Sunderland aircraft (422 Sqn RCAF/U). 53 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Wolfpack operations
U-625 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Boreas (19 Nov 1942 - 28 Nov 1942)
Nordwind (24 Jan 1943 - 4 Feb 1943)
Eisbär (27 Mar 1943 - 15 Apr 1943)
Coronel (4 Dec 1943 - 8 Dec 1943)
Coronel 1 (8 Dec 1943 - 14 Dec 1943)
Coronel 2 (14 Dec 1943 - 17 Dec 1943)
Föhr (18 Dec 1943 - 23 Dec 1943)
Rügen 6 (23 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943)
Preussen (7 Mar 1944 - 10 Mar 1944)
Attacks on this boat and other events
2 Jan 1944
2138hrs, Bay of Biscay, inbound: a British Liberator aircraft (224 Sqn RAF/G, pilot P/O J.E. Edwards) made a Leigh Light attack. U-625 initially opened fire with the AA guns, and a hit was scored on the port side of the aircraft, wounding the radio operator with shrapnel, but the boat then began to dive. Her commander, Kptlt. Hans Benker countermanded the order to dive so that he and one of the crew could recover the Naxos radar warning device, but the dive continued, causing both men to drown. (Sources: Blair, Clay)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
Men lost from the boat
2 Jan 1944
2138hrs, Bay of Biscay, inbound: a British Liberator aircraft (224 Sqn RAF/G, pilot P/O J.E. Edwards) made a Leigh Light attack. U-625 initially opened fire with the AA guns, and a hit was scored on the port side of the aircraft, wounding the radio operator with shrapnel, but the boat then began to dive. Her commander, Kptlt. Hans Benker countermanded the order to dive so that he and one of the crew could recover the Naxos radar warning device, but the dive continued, causing both men to drown.
Related: For more info on such losses see - Men lost from U-boats -
U-boat Emblems
We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
Clover and Lightning |
Clover and Lightning |
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