Submarine U-75

U-75

Country	Germany
Ship Class	Type VII-class Submarine
Builder	Bremer Vulkan AG
Yard Number	3
Ordered	2 Jun 1938
Laid Down	15 Dec 1939
Launched	18 Oct 1940
Commissioned	19 Dec 1940

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25 Jun 1941

The 1,967-ton Dutch merchant steamer Schie was hit at the stern by a torpedo from German submarine U-75 whilst in the North Atlantic Ocean on her way to Curaçao. The ship sank within four minutes. None of the crew survived.

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