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German submarine ''U-178'' was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' built for service during World War II. Ordered on 28 May 1940, the U-boat was laid down on 24 December 1940 at the AG Weser yard in Bremen as yard number 1018. She was launched on 25 October 1941 and commissioned on 14 February 1942, under the command of ''Fregattenkapitän'' Hans Ibekken. ==1st patrol== ''U-178'' sailed from Kiel on 8 September 1942 into the Atlantic, passing north of Scotland and then turned south. She made her first kill on 10 October, putting three torpedoes into the unescorted passenger ship ''Duchess of Atholl'', a Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. liner chartered as a troop transport, about ENE of Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. The vessel sank slowly and only five crew members were lost. The master, 267 crew members, 25 gunners and all 534 passengers were later rescued by a British vessel. ''U-178'' then sailed around the Cape of Good Hope into the Indian Ocean south and east of South Africa, sinking the British troopship ''Mendoza'' on 1 November, killing the master, 19 crew members, three gunners and three passengers, while 127 of the crew, three gunners and 250 passengers were later picked up by a South African patrol ship and an American merchantman. ''U-178'' struck twice on 4 November, sinking both the British merchantman ''Trekieve'' and the Norwegian cargo ship ''Hai Hing'', off Mozambique. The British merchant ship ''Louise Moller'' was sunk about ExS of Durban on 13 November; two days later the U-boat attacked the British merchant ship ''Adviser''. Seeing the crew abandon the apparently sinking ship, ''U-178'' left the area after hearing depth charges being dropped in the distance. However, ''Adviser'' was taken in tow to Durban, where she was repaired and returned to service. ''U-178''s last victory was on 27 November, sinking the American Liberty ship SS ''Jeremiah Wadsworth'' around S of Cape Agulhas. ''U-178'' then shaped her course north through the Atlantic, arriving at Bordeaux in France on 10 January 1943 after 125 days at sea. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German submarine U-178」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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