 Operating as part of the "Monsun Gruppe", it was sunk in the Gulf of Oman on 16 October, in position , by depth charges dropped from a British Bisley (Blenheim) light bomber of No.244 Squadron RAF, piloted by Lewis William Chapman.Of the crew of 53, only one survived; "Matrosengefreiter" Günther Schmidt, who was with an officer in the conning tower.