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| U-179 | Type IXD2 |
| Feldpost Number | M 43 832 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen |
| Yard Number | 1019 |
| Ordered | 28th May 1940 |
| Keel laid | 15th Jan 1941 |
| Launched | 18th Nov 1941 |
| Commissioned | 7th Mar 1942 |
| Baubelehrung | Baubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen /
6.KLA, Bremen | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 03.42 - 08.42 | 4.U-Flottille, Stettin
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
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| 08.42 - 10.42 | 10.U-Flottille, Lorient
Frontboot (operational)
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| 10.42 - 10.42 | 12.U-Flottille, Bordeaux
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 03.42 - 10.42 | KK ~ FKpt Ernst Sobe
see also: U-34 |
| Operations information for U-179 | 15.08.1942 - 08.10.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-179 left Kiel under the command of Ernst Sobe on 15th Aug 1942. U-179 was lost on 8th Oct 1942.
Ernst Sobe hit one ship on this patrol.-
On 8th Oct 1942 he sank the British 6,558 ton City of Athens.
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