all missing. On 10 November a Canadian Catalina aircraft from No. 5 Squadron RCAF attacked her with four depth charges off Cape Race. The U-boat escaped unharmed, but the next day another Catalina of 5 Squadron attacked with four depth charges which slightly damaged the submarine. Surface ships then joined the hunt, but all failed to locate her, and U-537 arrived safely at Lorient on 8 December. Second patrol U-537 sailed from Lorient on 25 March 1944 and traveled around Africa, and then crossed the Indian Ocean to Batavia, which she reached on 2 August after a voyage of 131 days. Third patrol U-537 left Batavia for Surabaya in Indonesia on 1 October 1944, and began her third and final patrol on 9 November. On 10 November, she was spotted and sunk with all hands — 58 officers and men — in the Java Sea, at position , by torpedoes from . U-537 was one of 10 German U-boats lost in Asian or East African waters during the war. References Bibliography External links German Type IX submarines U-boats commissioned in 1943 U-boats sunk in 1944 World War II submarines of Germany Indian Ocean U-Boats World War II shipwrecks in the Java Sea 1942 ships U-boats sunk by US submarines Ships built in Hamburg Ships lost with all hands Maritime incidents in November 1944