U-125
| Country | Germany |
| Ship Class | Type IX-class Submarine |
| Builder | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |
| Yard Number | 988 |
| Ordered | 7 Aug 1939 |
| Laid Down | 10 May 1940 |
| Launched | 10 Dec 1940 |
| Commissioned | 3 Mar 1941 |
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| 23 Sep 1942 | Comandante Cappellini sighted an Allied Sunderland aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean at 1010 hours; she submerged to avoid detection. At 1135 hours, while on the surface, she sighted smoke from British freighter Bruyère, and by 1246 hours she had closed to about 7,000 meters. The Italian submarine submerged, and closed the distance to about 5,500 meters by 1400 hours. At 1402 hours, an Allied Sunderland aircraft was sighted, forcing Comandante Cappellini to dive deeper. At 1442 hours, she surfaced, and regained visual contact with Bruyère. At 2304 hours, she began making an attack run, but she also sighted a shadow nearby. At 1336 hours, two explosions took place near her, and later it would be realized that German submarine U-125 had mistaken her as an enemy and fired torpedoes at her. The Italian submarine gave up the pursuit and submerged. |
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22 Jan 2021 05:10:43 AM
On 6 May 1943, U-125 was located by radar in thick fog and rammed by the Destroyer HMS Oribi (escorting an Arctic convoy) and disabled. Unable to dive, U-125 was scuttled by its crew when the corvettes Snowflake and Sunflower closed to attack. The convoy escort commander refused permission for the U-boat survivors to be rescued and all subsequently died in the Atlantic over the next few hours.