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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders, Flotillas & Yards —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner & Walter Janssens
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-752Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 44 442
Construction YardKriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven
Yard Number135
Ordered9th Oct 1939
Keel laid5th Jan 1940
Launched29th Mar 1941
Commissioned24th May 1941
BaubelehrungBaubelehrung U-Boote Nordsee, Bremen /
Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen
Training, Flotillas and Duties
05.41 - 05.433.U-Flottille, Kiel & La Pallice
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
05.41 - 05.43KL ~ KK Karl-Ernst Schroeter
see also: U-121 

Operations information for U-752
23.07.1941 - 24.07.1941
First Sailing
U-752 left Kiel under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter on 23rd Jul 1941 and arrived at return on 24th Jul 1941 after one day.
31.07.1941 - 02.08.1941
Second Sailing
On the 31st Jul 1941, U-752 left Horten under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter and after two days arrived at return on 2nd Aug 1941.
18.08.1941 - 22.08.1941
Third Sailing
U-752 departed under Karl-Ernst Schroeter from Trondheim on 18th Aug 1941 and arrived at return on 22nd Aug 1941 after four days.
23.08.1941 - 17.09.1941
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-752 left Kirkenes under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter on 23rd Aug 1941 and after three and a half weeks arrived at return on 17th Sep 1941.
Karl-Ernst Schroeter hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 25th Aug 1941 he sank the Soviet 553 ton T-898/No 44, ex RT-411.
19.09.1941 - 23.09.1941
Fifth Sailing
On the 19th Sep 1941, U-752 left Kirkenes under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter and arrived at return on 23rd Sep 1941 after four days.
18.10.1941 - 22.10.1941
Sixth Sailing
U-752 departed under Karl-Ernst Schroeter from Trondheim on 18th Oct 1941 and after four days arrived at return on 22nd Oct 1941.
07.11.1941 - 18.11.1941
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-752 left Kirkenes under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter on 7th Nov 1941 and arrived at return on 18th Nov 1941 after one and a half weeks.
Karl-Ernst Schroeter hit one ship on this patrol.
  • On 15th Nov 1941 he sank the Soviet 581 ton T-889/No 34, ex RT-3.
22.11.1941 - 10.12.1941
Eighth Sailing
On the 22nd Nov 1941, U-752 left Kirkenes under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter and after two and a half weeks arrived at return on 10th Dec 1941.
04.02.1942 - 05.02.1942
Ninth Sailing
U-752 departed under Karl-Ernst Schroeter from Kiel on 4th Feb 1942 and arrived at return on 5th Feb 1942 after one day.
07.02.1942 - 10.02.1942
Tenth Sailing
U-752 left Helgoland under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter on 7th Feb 1942 and after three days arrived at return on 10th Feb 1942.
12.02.1942 - 13.03.1942
Eleventh Sailing - active patrol
On the 12th Feb 1942, U-752 left Bergen under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter and arrived at return on 13th Mar 1942 after just over four weeks.
28.03.1942 - 21.05.1942
Twelfth Sailing - active patrol
U-752 departed under Karl-Ernst Schroeter from La Pallice on 28th Mar 1942 and after more than seven weeks arrived at return on 21st May 1942.
Karl-Ernst Schroeter hit three ships on this patrol.
  • On 21st Apr 1942 he sank the American 5,751 ton West Imboden.
  • On 23rd Apr 1942 he damaged the Norwegian 4,799 ton Reinholt.
  • On 1st May 1942 he sank the Norwegian 4,956 ton Bidevind.
You can read more about the Norwegian ships listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the links for more information on Reinholt and Bidevind.
02.07.1942 - 04.09.1942
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-752 left St. Nazaire under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter on 2nd Jul 1942 and arrived at return on 4th Sep 1942 after just over nine weeks.
Karl-Ernst Schroeter hit four ships on this patrol, one was from convoy FN-20.
  • On 23rd Jul 1942 he sank the British 5,254 ton Garmula.
  • On 27th Jul 1942 he sank the Norwegian 4,003 ton Leikanger, sailing with convoy FN-20.
  • On 9th Aug 1942 he sank the Dutch 6,047 ton Mendanau.
  • On 13th Aug 1942 he sank the American 6,347 ton Cripple Creek.
You can read more about the Norwegian ship listed for this patrol at www.warsailors.com.
Click the link for more information on Leikanger.
19.10.1942 - 15.02.1943
Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 19th Oct 1942, U-752 left La Pallice under the command of Karl-Ernst Schroeter and after seventeen weeks arrived at return on 15th Feb 1943.
On 10th Feb 1943 in square BE 52, U-752 came under attack from an aircraft of USAAF 2 Squadron. U-752 was moderately damaged by the attack.
22.04.1943 - 23.05.1943
Fifteenth Sailing
U-752 departed under Karl-Ernst Schroeter from St. Nazaire on 22nd Apr 1943 and arrived at return on 23rd May 1943 after four and a half weeks.
On 23rd May 1943 in square AK 97, U-752 came under attack from an aircraft of FAA 892 Squadron.
On 23rd May 1943 in square AK 97, U-752 came under attack from an aircraft of FAA 819 Squadron. U-752 was heavily damaged in the attack.
On 23rd May 1943 in square AK 97, U-752 came under attack from an unidentified aircraft.

Notes for U-752

The Admiralty Report on interrogation of the survivors of U-752 is available. You can find how to obtain a report here.

We have 56 crew names for this boat. click here for crew names of U 752
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