German submarine U-77 was a Type VIIC U-boat

U-boat

U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...

 of the Kriegsmarine

Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Nazi regime . It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly...

 built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. The boat was sunk on 28 March 1943 east of Cartagena, Spain

Cartagena, Spain

Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital...

, in position 37°42′N 00°10′E by four depth charges and one bomb from two British Lockheed Hudson

Lockheed Hudson

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter...

 aircraft.

Ships sunk or damaged

U-77 sank 15 ships and damaged a further four ships.

Sank

• 13 June 1941 - SS Tresillian 4,743 tons.
• 22 June 1941 - SS Arakaka 2,379 tons
• 25 June 1941 - SS Anna Bulgari 4,603 tons
• 15 December 1941 - 4,972 tons
• 12 June 1942 - 1,050 tons
• 22 July 1942 - Vassiliki 140 tons
• 24 July 1942 - Toufic El Rahman 30 tons
• 30 July 1942 - Fany 43 tons
• 1 August 1942 - St Simon
• 6 August 1942 - Ezzet 158 tons
• 10 August 1942 - Kharouf 158 tons
• 16 August 1942 - Daniel 100 tons
• 7 February 1943 - 6,699 tons
• 7 February 1943 - 7,043 tons
• 16 March 1943 - SS Hadleigh, 5,222 tons

Damaged

• 12 January 1942 - 1,690 tons
• 6 August 1942 - Adnan 155 tons
• 12 November 1942 - 1,050 tons
• 16 March 1943 - SS Merchant Prince 5,229 tons

Commanders

• Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Schonder
  Heinrich Schonder
  Heinrich Schonder was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  , 18 January 1941 – 2 September 1942
• Oberleutnant zur See Otto Hartmann, 2 September 1942 – 28 March 1943

External links

• U-77 @ u-boot-archiv.de
• U-77 @ Uboat.net