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Now it´s my turn to tell you about "my" U-45 type VII B. It was comissioned June 25th 1938 under Kptlt. Alexander Gelhaar. It was already sunk SW of Ireland on October 14th 1939 by depth charges of the British destroyers HMS Ivanhoe, HMS Inglefield and HMS Intrepid. No survivors, 38 dead. Despite their fast end, they managed to sink 2 ships for a total of 19,313 GRT. Unfortunately I couldn´t find a picture of U-45

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Rilder- I found one pic about the U-123
http://souvenirs-de-mer.blogdns.net/.../blaison15.jpg

source : http://souvenirs-de-mer.blogdns.net/article122.html

I have the U-111, still lucky in 1941, the official records show:

Sunk 4 Oct, 1941 south-west of Tenerife, in position 27.15N, 20.27W, by depth charges from the British anti-submarine trawler HMS Lady Shirley. 8 dead and 44 survivors.

but I am in august, so I am sweating right now..

Oh, a good read: http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/speci..._moonlight.htm

There is a whole book about U297, apparently it was dived on just a couple years ago, the wreck off the coast of Scotland in 285 feet of water. This website gives a little bit of info about the expedition:
http://www.beyondmagazine.co.uk/wreck/u297.htm
Here is a pic of U297 in drydock in 1943:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...d_729/U297.jpg
Unfortunatly the U297 was not as lucky as me it seems, sunk by a Sunderland aircraft while snorkeling Dec. 6th 1944, losing all 50 hands. It was the first and only patrol for the boat, it was sunk so quickly that not even a distress call was sent out.

U-48 in service.

http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg...bilder/u48.jpg
http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg...bilder/u48.jpg

U-48 in Kiel (June 1941). These photos were said to be taken as she was transferred from active service to the training flottillen 26.

http://www.iol.ie/%7Ehofnanet/Media%20/U48/U48.3.jpg

A successful boat indeed.

http://www.iol.ie/%7Ehofnanet/Media%20/U48/U48-4.jpg

I cannot find anywhere U-751 :cry:

Aye, thanks m8, shes a beautifull lil boat, I even have the same conning tower it seems :D :cool:

Dam, this is spooky, went on u-boat net to look for U-45, no picture but found out it was sunk in 39 by three destroyers southwest of Ireland,well whats weird about that? OK my U-45 has made it to 1940 but this afternoon before coming on here my sub was sunk by 3 destroyers off yes more or less the very same grid referance as the real U-45, god im all for realisim but that is really frightning.

didnt find a pic of U-73 however i did find out that on august 11 1943 she sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Eagle.:arrgh!:

U-46
http://uboat.net/photos/u46.jpg
21 ships sunk for a total of 90.408 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk for a total of 35.284 GRT
4 ships damaged for a total of 25.491 GRT
1 ship a total loss for a total of 2.080 GRT

and she made it till 45 :cool:

Looks like we're on the same boat:D

Top o' the mornin to you, lads. Isn't life great in the 7. U-Flottille?

A few more of the most successful U-Boot in the Kriegsmarine, U-48:

http://etnies.muskatli.hu/sh/img/ten...tjarok/u48.jpg

http://www.iol.ie/%7Ehofnanet/Media%20/U48/U48-1.jpg
http://www.iol.ie/%7Ehofnanet/Media%20/U48/U48-2.jpg

I found a Spanish site about U-77 http://club.telepolis.com/ifach/andr.../submarino.htm and translated it with Google. There are some pics off the boat and its crew. She was sunk 28 off March 1943 by a Lockheed A28 Hanson just off the coast at Peñón de Ifach en Calpe, en las coordenadas 38º 33” 309 N- 000º 14” 85 E. 9 survivors, 36 dead and 2 missing. It was her 15´th patrol. Some off the dead was buried at the local cemetery. U-77 had served in the 7 and 23 and was in the 29´th when she was sunk. Her first commander was Heinrich Schonder and her second was Otto Hartmann. He was only 26 years old. Life was tough and short in the u-boats.