German submarine U-575

The crew after return from seventh patrol
History
Nazi Germany
Name	U-575
Ordered	8 January 1940
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number	551
Laid down	1 August 1940
Launched	30 April 1941
Commissioned	19 June 1941
Nickname(s)	Liliput
Fate	Sunk by Allied warships and aircraft on 13 March 1944[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Type VIIC submarine
Displacement	769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length	67.10 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam	6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height	9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2,800–3,200 PS (2,100–2,400 kW; 2,800–3,200 bhp) (diesels) 750 PS (550 kW; 740 shp) (electric)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement	4 officers, 40–56 enlisted
Armament	5 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA mines 1 × 8.8 cm (3.46 in) deck gun (220 rounds) 1 x 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA gun
Service record[2]
Part of:	7th U-boat Flotilla 19 June 1941 – 13 March 1944
Identification codes:	M 44 068
Commanders:	Kptlt. Günther Heydemann 19 June 1941 – 29 July 1943 Oblt.z.S. Wolfgang Boehmer 12 September 1943 – 13 March 1944
Operations:	10 patrols: 1st patrol: 8 September – 9 October 1941 2nd patrol: 9 November – 17 December 1941 3rd patrol: 14 January – 26 February 1942 4th patrol: 24 March – 14 May 1942 5th patrol: 10 June – 7 August 1942 6th patrol: 16 September – 8 November 1942 7th patrol: 17 December 1942 – 18 February 1943 8th patrol: 22 April – 11 June 1943 9th patrol: a. 20 – 22 September 1943 b. 25 – 27 September 1943 c. 28 – 30 September 1943 d. 6 October – 28 November 1943 10th patrol: 29 February – 13 March 1944
Victories:	8 merchant ships sunk (36,010 GRT) 1 warship sunk (1,015 tons) 1 merchant ship damaged (12,910 GRT)

German submarine U-575 was a Type VIIC U-boat in service of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She carried out ten patrols, sailing for 472 days and sinking eight ships totalling 36,010 gross register tons (GRT) and damaged one other of 12,910 GRT. She was a member of 18 separate wolfpacks and was sunk north of the Azores by Allied ships and aircraft on 13 March 1944.^[1]