seven men from a crashed German Dornier Do 24 350 miles off the coast of France. U-105 returned to Lorient on 8 February. Seventeen days later, on 25 February, U-105 left Lorient. Between 25 and 27 March, she sank the British merchant ship Narragansett and the Norwegian merchant ship Svenør off the east coast of the United States. U-105 returned to Lorient on 15 April after spending 50 days in the North Atlantic, and left on another patrol on 7 June. While crossing the Bay of Biscay, she was attacked by an Australian Short Sunderland aircraft from No. 10 Squadron RAAF. U-105 sought shelter in Ferrol, Spain and did not leave until 28 June, when she departed for Lorient, which she reached on the 30th. The attack apparently caused serious damage, as she did not sail again until 23 November. During this period, Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Adolf Schweichel was put in command of the boat, but did not undertake any patrols and was replaced by Oberleutnant zur See Jürgen Nissen, under whose command U-105 left Lorient. While patrolling the North Atlantic she succeeded in sinking three British merchant ships; Orfor on 14 December 1942, C.S. Flight on 12 January 1943, and British Vigilance, part of Convoy TM 1, on 24 January, as well as the American freighter Cape Decision on the 27th. U-105 returned to Lorient on 14 February, and remained there until 16 March. During this patrol, (on 1 April), the boat's commander, Jürgen Nissen, was promoted to Kapitänleutnant. On 15 May 1943 U-105 sank the Greek merchant ship Maroussio Logothetis 250 miles southwest of Freetown. On 2 June 1943, while passing close to Dakar, U-105 was attacked and sunk by a Potez-CAMS 141 flying boat "Antarés" from Free French Squadron 141. All 53 crew members were killed. Summary of raiding history References Notes Citations Bibliography External links 1940 ships Ships built in Bremen (state) World War II submarines of Germany German Type IX submarines U-boats commissioned in 1940 U-boats sunk by depth charges U-boats sunk by French aircraft World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean U-boats sunk in 1943 Ships lost with all hands Maritime incidents in June 1943