Unterseeboot 79

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Unterseeboot 79 or U-79 was a Type VIIC submarine commissioned on 13 March 1941. U-79 served with 1. Unterseebootsflottille (U-boat Flotilla) from 13 March 1941 to 30 September 1941, and with the 23. Unterseebootsflottille from 1 October 1941 until she was sunk. U-79 completed six patrols and sunk two ships totalling 2,983 Gross Registered Tonnage or GRT, badly damaged one warship, and damaged one other ship totalling 10,356 GRT. U-79 was sunk on 23 December 1941 in the Mediterranean by depth charges from destroyers HMS Hasty and HMS Hotspur; all U-79 crewmembers survived the attack.

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  • Bishop, C. Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1939-45. Amber Books, 2006.
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