German submarine U-757 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...

 built for the German

Nazi Germany

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 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 It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine.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...

 for service during World War II. Launched from Werk 140at the Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW) in Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony (Then, the Free State of Oldenburg), U-757 served with 6th U-boat Flotilla from February 28, 1942 to January 8, 1944 under the command of Korvetkapitän Friedrich Deetz.

Record

U-757s first victims were the British transport vessel HMS LCT-2398 - destroying 291 tons of shipping - in the HX-228 convoy, and the American merchant vessel William C. Gorgas- destroying a further 7,197 tons of shipping. Both incidents occurred on March 11, 1943, fourteen days into her twenty-five day long third patrol. Of the seventy-three crewmen onboard the Gorgas, twenty-two perished.

On her fourth patrol, U-757 sank the Norwegian Fernhill on August 7, 1943, thirty-one days into her sixty day patrol, 4,116 tons of shipping lost in the sea. Of the ship's forty-four crewmen, forty survived the attack, being rescued by the American tanker Idaho two days later.

On January 8, 1944 in the North Atlantic, south-west of Iceland, U-757 was hit by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Bayntun

HMS Bayntun (K310)

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 and the Canadian corvette HMCS Camrose

HMCS Camrose (K154)

HMCS Camrose was a Royal Canadian Navy which took part in convoy escort duties during World War II.Camrose was laid down at Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel on 17 September 1940, launched on 16 November 1940 and commissioned 30 June 1941...

. U-757 went down with all 49 seamen.