Qualla: German submarine U-905 https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-905 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/7/v/german-submarine-u-905-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: German submarine U-905 https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-905 German submarine U-905: Introduction https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-905/ Photo credit UK Government, Public domain. Six weeks. That is how close U-905 came to surviving the war. On 27 March 1945, with the Reich already collapsing and the Atlantic campaign effectively over, the submarine was caught in the North Minch off Lewis and sunk by depth charges from a British frigate. Bernhard Schwarting, the boat's commanding officer, and forty-four other crewmen went down with her. Forty-five men, in a war that was nearly finished. The wreck still lies somewhere on the floor of the Minch, a Type VIIC hull rusting in cold Scottish water, a long way from the Hamburg shipyard where she was built.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/7/v/german-submarine-u-905-wp/gf7v-german-submarine-u-905-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full German submarine U-905: Built in Hamburg https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-905/ Photo credit UK Government, Public domain. U-905 was a Type VIIC U-boat, the workhorse design of Hitler's Kriegsmarine and the most-produced submarine class in history. She was ordered on 6 August 1942 and laid down on 26 January 1943 at H. C. Stülcken Sohn in Hamburg as yard number 802. She was launched on 20 November 19...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/7/v/german-submarine-u-905-wp/gf7v-german-submarine-u-905-built-in-hamburg.mp3 0:06 2 full German submarine U-905: A Standard Type VIIC https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-905/ Photo credit UK Government, Public domain. The boat was a standard Type VIIC: 67.1 metres long, 6.2 metres in the beam, displacing 769 tons on the surface and 871 submerged. Two Germaniawerft F46 supercharged diesels drove her on the surface at up to 17.7 knots; two Siemens-Schuckert electric motors gave her a maximum of ...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/7/v/german-submarine-u-905-wp/gf7v-german-submarine-u-905-a-standard-type-viic.mp3 0:06 3 full German submarine U-905: 27 March 1945 https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-905/ Photo credit UK Government, Public domain. On 27 March 1945 - with the Soviet army on the outskirts of Berlin and the Allies crossing the Rhine - U-905 was sunk by depth charges in the North Minch by a British frigate. Bernhard Schwarting, who had taken command of the boat from her original captain, and forty-four other c...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/7/v/german-submarine-u-905-wp/gf7v-german-submarine-u-905-27-march-1945.mp3 0:06 4 full German submarine U-905: Forty-Five Men in Cold Water https://qualla.com/german-submarine-u-905/ Photo credit UK Government, Public domain. The submariners of the Kriegsmarine had the worst casualty rate of any service in the Second World War: roughly 75 percent of all U-boat crewmen died at sea. The men of U-905 were among them - young Germans in a war they did not start and probably did not end up believing in, ord...

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